Penny Mordaunt: What Happened to the Former MP and Her Life Now

Born: 4 March 1973 · Constituency: Portsmouth North, 2010–2024 · Final Cabinet office: Leader of the House of Commons, 2022–2024 · Current status: Former MP; not in the House of Lords · Author: Greater: Britain After the Storm

Six rows of the official record, one pattern: a profile built entirely on public service, with a status line that changed on 4 July 2024.

What has happened to Penny Mordaunt?

From 6 September 2022 to 5 July 2024, Mordaunt served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council — the Cabinet minister who manages Commons business (UK Government official profile). On 4 July 2024, voters in Portsmouth North ended that run: Labour’s Amanda Martin won with 14,495 votes to Mordaunt’s 13,715 (UK Parliament election results).

The winning margin was 780 votes (Portsmouth City Council election records), and BBC News described the result as bringing her roughly 14 years of parliamentary service to an end and delivering a Labour gain (BBC News (national broadcaster)). Mordaunt took 33.0% of the vote against Martin’s 34.8%, with five candidates on the ballot (UK Parliament constituency record). Turnout was reported at roughly 59.3% (The News, Portsmouth (local daily)).

What is Penny Mordaunt doing today?

• No current government or parliamentary role is listed on her official profile (UK Government official profile)
• Her Commons membership ended on 30 May 2024 at the dissolution of Parliament (UK Parliament constituency record)
• No appointment to a public body has been announced

Her most visible activity since leaving office has been public commentary, particularly on defence and national resilience — themes that fit her ministerial history and her naval reserve background. That does not add up to a formal, announced role.

What does Penny Mordaunt do?

• Author of Greater: Britain After the Storm (2022) (Wikipedia (open encyclopedia))
• Honorary captain in the Royal Naval Reserve, according to her public biography (Wikipedia (open encyclopedia))
• One of the three candidates in the final parliamentary ballot of the 2022 Conservative leadership contest (Wikipedia (open encyclopedia))

The implication: her public presence continues, but her institutional status is settled — former minister, former MP, with no current office on the record.

The next public marker will be a formal announcement — a selection, a peerage, or a job — and none is on the record yet.

Is Penny Mordaunt still an MP?

No. She stopped being an MP on 30 May 2024, when Parliament was dissolved for the general election (UK Parliament constituency record). She then stood again in Portsmouth North as the Conservative candidate, and lost (UK Parliament election results). The seat’s current MP is Amanda Martin (UK Parliament member record); Mordaunt appears in the record only as the previous holder.

Is Penny Mordaunt in the House of Lords?

• No peerage has been publicly announced since she left the Commons
• She does not appear in official election records as a peer or member of the Lords
• Since May 2024, she has been outside elected and appointed office entirely

The distinction matters in Westminster: losing a Commons seat does not automatically mean a seat in the Lords. Mordaunt has not been elevated, at least based on published announcements — and none of the official records consulted for this guide lists her as a peer. Why this matters: anyone reading that she has “moved to the Lords” is getting the wrong story. The precise, unglamorous truth is that she is simply no longer an MP.

Where does Penny Mordaunt live now?

Portsmouth is the answer that comes with evidence. Her former seat, Portsmouth North, sits within the city, and local coverage has long placed her on a houseboat on the harbour (The News, Portsmouth (local daily)). Her exact current address, however, has never been part of the official record.

What changed in May 2024 is the Westminster side: once her Commons seat ended, so did any official arrangements attached to her parliamentary role. Portsmouth remains her political home; the street-level details are private.

The pattern: her political address is public; her home address is not in the parliamentary record.

Is Penny Mordaunt still married?

This is the question the official record simply does not answer. Mordaunt has kept her personal life out of her ministerial biographies and campaign materials, and no recent public reporting has confirmed a current spouse.

Does Penny Mordaunt have kids?

• No children have been publicly reported in any profile consulted for this guide
• Family matters do not appear in her official parliamentary or government biographies

The absence of information is itself the finding: unlike many politicians who share family details, Mordaunt has chosen not to make her private life part of her public story. The pattern: on everything personal, the record is quiet by design.

What religion is Penny Mordaunt?

• Media profiles describe her as a Christian (Wikipedia (open encyclopedia))
• She has not made a specific denomination part of her official biography

The distinction matters because search results tend to overstate certainty: “Christian” is the reported description; anything more specific is not in the public record.

How old is Penny Mordaunt?

Mordaunt was born on 4 March 1973, which makes her 53 in 2026. Her full name, as recorded in local election paperwork, is Dame Penelope Mary Mordaunt (Portsmouth City Council election records).

How tall is Penny Mordaunt?

• Official biographies do not list her height
• Web-circulated height figures are unverified and should be treated as trivia

Height is the classic example of a fact that feels searchable but is not sourced. Government and Parliament profiles record her roles, not her measurements.

What this means: the verifiable part of her biography is the public career; the trivia that circulates online is not sourced.

Penny Mordaunt’s career timeline: 2010 to 2024

Seven dates tell the arc: a Commons arrival in 2010, a rapid climb through ministerial ranks, and an exit that voters decided in 2024.

The pattern: each stage ended by election arithmetic, not by resignation or scandal — which is why the 2024 result still reads as a shock.

The confirmed facts and the open questions

The split between confirmed and unclear is the honest answer to most search-engine questions: the record is precise about institutions and silent about the private life.

The record, in quotes

Penny Mordaunt was the Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North from 2010 to 2024, leaving the House of Commons when Parliament dissolved on 30 May 2024.

— UK Parliament, constituency record

The BBC’s election-night coverage marked the scale of the moment: a 14-year Conservative hold in Portsmouth North had ended, and the seat had turned Labour.

— BBC News, general election live coverage

Both records agree on the endpoint, even if the first is neutral and the second is framed as a result: Mordaunt’s Commons career ended at the ballot box.

Where things stand

Penny Mordaunt is out of the Commons, not in the Lords, and publicly committed to writing and commentary rather than a named political role. For Conservative activists in Portsmouth North, the arithmetic is unforgiving: the party’s 33.0% showing in 2024 was 780 votes behind Labour, and winning the seat back starts with rebuilding local organisation before it starts with any candidate’s profile — or the 2024 result becomes the new normal.

Frequently asked questions

The FAQ reflects the same split: the public record answers institutional questions, while the private details remain unconfirmed.

Related reading

• Penny Mordaunt: What Happened, Current Status, Biography (2024)
• Penny Mordaunt: What Happened to the Former Conservative MP

These explainers cover the same record with a tighter focus on her current status after the 2024 election.