Kit Malthouse

**Christopher Laurie Malthouse** (born 27 October 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician, businessman and occasional writer. In July 2019, Boris Johnson made him Minister of State for Policing. He was elected in the May 2015 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Hampshire. In 2022, he became the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Secretary of State for Education.

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, London.

In July 2018, he was appointed Minister of State for Housing, at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

On 27 May 2019, Malthouse announced that he was standing in the Conservative Party leadership election to replace Theresa May. On 4 June, he withdrew from the election.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office3**: Minister of State for Crime and Policing
- **primeminister3**: Boris Johnson
- **term start3**: 25 July 2019
- **term end3**: 7 July 2022
- **predecessor3**: Nick Hurd
- **successor3**: Tom Pursglove
- **office4**: Minister of State for Housing, Minister of State for Housing and Planning
- **primeminister4**: Theresa May
- **term start4**: 9 July 2018
- **term end4**: 25 July 2019
- **predecessor4**: Dominic Raab
- **successor4**: Esther McVey
- **office5**: Department for Work and Pensions, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance
- **primeminister5**: Theresa May
- **term start5**: 9 January 2018
- **term end5**: 9 July 2018
- **predecessor5**: Caroline Dinenage
- **successor5**: Justin Tomlinson


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Kit Malthouse
- **honorific-suffix**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP
- **image**: Official portrait of Kit Malthouse crop 2.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2017
- **office1**: Secretary of State for Education
- **primeminister1**: Liz Truss
- **term start1**: 6 September 2022
- **term end1**: 25 October 2022
- **predecessor1**: James Cleverly
- **successor1**: Gillian Keegan
- **office2**: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- **primeminister2**: Boris Johnson
- **term start2**: 7 July 2022
- **term end2**: 6 September 2022
- **predecessor2**: Steve Barclay
- **successor2**: Nadhim Zahawi
- **office6**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for North West Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency), North West Hampshire
- **term start6**: 7 May 2015
- **predecessor6**: George Young, Baron Young of Cookham, Sir George Young, Bt
- **majority6**: 26,308 (44.7%)
- **office7**: Deputy Mayor of London for Business and Enterprise
- **term start7**: 9 May 2012
- **term end7**: 9 May 2016
- **1blankname7**: Mayor of London, Mayor
- **1namedata7**: Boris Johnson
- **predecessor7**: _Position established_
- **successor7**: Rajesh Agrawal (Business)
- **office8**: Deputy Mayor of London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, for Policing
- **term start8**: 6 May 2008
- **term end8**: 9 May 2012
- **1blankname8**: Mayor of London, Mayor
- **1namedata8**: Boris Johnson
- **predecessor8**: _Position established_
- **successor8**: Stephen Greenhalgh (Policing and Crime)
- **office9**: Member of the London Assembly
for West Central (London Assembly constituency), West Central
- **term start9**: 1 May 2008
- **term end9**: 5 May 2016
- **predecessor9**: Angie Bray
- **successor9**: Tony Devenish
- **birth name**: Christopher Laurie Malthouse
- **birth place**: Liverpool, England
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **spouse**:

- **children**: 3
- **education**: Liverpool College
- **alma mater**: Newcastle University
- **office**: Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster
- **term start**: 7 July 2022