Kelly Tolhurst

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The Right Honourable Kelly Tolhurst MP
Official portrait, 2017
Minister of State for Schools and Childhood
In office 7 September 2022 – 28 October 2022
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Preceded by	Brendan Clarke-Smith
Succeeded by	Claire Coutinho
Government Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of the Household
In office 1 July 2022 – 7 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Chris Pincher
Succeeded by	Craig Whittaker
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Rough Sleeping
In office 8 September 2020 – 16 January 2021
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Luke Hall
Succeeded by	Eddie Hughes
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation and Maritime
In office 13 February 2020 – 8 September 2020
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Nus Ghani
Succeeded by	Robert Courts
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility
In office 19 July 2018 – 13 February 2020
Prime Minister	Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Andrew Griffiths
Succeeded by	Paul Scully
Member of Parliament for Rochester and Strood
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by	Mark Reckless
Majority	17,072 (32.9%)
Member of Medway Council for Rochester West Ward
In office 5 May 2011 – 12 January 2018[1]
Preceded by	Mark Reckless
Succeeded by	Alex Paterson
Personal details
Born	Kelly Jane Tolhurst (1978-08-23) 23 August 1978 (age 45) Rochester, Kent, England
Political party	Conservative
Website	Campaign website

Kelly Jane Tolhurst^[2] (born 23 August 1978) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester and Strood since 2015.^[3] A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Minister of State for Schools and Childhood from September to October 2022.^[4][5][6]

Tolhurst previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Rough Sleeping and Housing from 2020 to 2021, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation and Maritime in 2020 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility from 2018 to 2020 and was briefly Deputy Chief Whip in 2022. She is a former councillor for the Rochester West ward on Medway Council.^[7]