Kit Malthouse

Christopher Laurie Malthouse (born 27 October 1966) is a British politician, businessman and occasional writer serving as Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service since July 2019 and Minister of State for Justice since February 2020. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Hampshire since 2015. Malthouse previously served as Deputy Mayor of London for Policing (2008–2012) and for Business and Enterprise (2012–2015), as well as the member of the London Assembly representing the West Central constituency (2008–2016), which encompasses the City of Westminster, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. He was formerly Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority and the first Statutory Deputy Mayor for Policing and a former city councillor and Deputy Leader of Westminster City Council. Following the 2018 cabinet reshuffle, Malthouse was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions. In July 2018, he was appointed Minister of State for Housing, at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Malthouse was credited as the convener of an agreement between limited factions of the Conservative Party on Brexit, The Malthouse Compromise in January 2019. The compromise was later voted down in Parliament in March 2019.