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Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

Labour Suffolk Coastal

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Jenny Riddell-Carpenter is the Labour MP for Suffolk Coastal, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

471

Votes Cast

£177,477

Expenses 2024-25

1,070

Majority

31.7%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£177,477

Staffing£130,675

Office£30,222

Accommodation£11,378

Travel£5,202

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Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 49,451 voters

✓Labour

15,672 votes31.7%

Conservative

14,602 votes29.5%

Reform UK

7,850 votes15.9%

Liberal Democrat

6,947 votes14.1%

Green Party

4,380 votes8.9%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

187

Written Questions

Oral Questions

Debates Spoken In⚑

112

Speeches⚑

471

Divisions Voted

⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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Aye: 250No: 221

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Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7

12 Jan 2026

You

2 NO

Opposition Day

2 votes · 7 Jan 2026

NOJury trials

You

NORural communities

You

AYE

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading

17 Dec 2025

You

AYE

Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H

15 Dec 2025

You

2 NO

Opposition day

2 votes · 10 Dec 2025

NOSeasonal work

You

NOConduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer

You

AYE

Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work

10 Dec 2025

You

1 AYE1 NO

Railways Bill

2 votes · 9 Dec 2025

NOOpposition Reasoned Amendment

You

AYESecond Reading

You

5 AYE

Employment Rights Bill

5 votes · 8 Dec 2025

AYEGovernment motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B

You

AYEGovernment motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H

You

AYEGovernment motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120

You

AYEGovernment motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62

You

AYEGovernment motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B

You

4 NO

Pension Schemes Bill

4 votes · 3 Dec 2025

You

You

You

You

Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years)

2 Dec 2025

You

AYE

Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31

2 Dec 2025

You

AYE

Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates)

2 Dec 2025

You

AYE

Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts)

2 Dec 2025

You

AYE

Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests)

2 Dec 2025

You

AYE

Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty

2 Dec 2025

You

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Financial Interests(7)

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Jerome Justin Watts

£10,000 to support CLP activities

£10,000

Name of donor: Jerome Justin Watts
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 to support CLP activities
Donor status: individual

Registered 29 May 2025

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Susan Clare Parsons

In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair

4 August 2025 to 3 February 2026

£8,250

Name of donor: Susan Clare Parsons
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair, value £8,250
Date received: 4 August 2025 to 3 February 2026
Date accepted: 4 August 2025
Donor status: individual

Registered 29 August 2025

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Anthony Trevor Langham

In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair

4 August 2025 to 3 February 2026

£8,250

Name of donor: Anthony Trevor Langham
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair, value £8,250
Date received: 4 August 2025 to 3 February 2026
Date accepted: 4 August 2025
Donor status: individual

Registered 29 August 2025

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Anthony Trevor Langham

In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair

23 February 2026 to 22 August 2026

£8,250

Name of donor: Anthony Trevor Langham
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair, value £8,250
Date received: 23 February 2026 to 22 August 2026
Date accepted: 23 February 2026
Donor status: individual

Registered 17 March 2026

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Susan Clare Parsons

In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair

23 February 2026 to 22 August 2026

£8,250

Name of donor: Susan Clare Parsons
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair, value £8,250
Date received: 23 February 2026 to 22 August 2026
Date accepted: 23 February 2026
Donor status: individual

Registered 17 March 2026

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Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Jenny in Parliament

Written Questions187 Oral Questions27 Early Day Motions

Electronic Cigarettes: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many retailers have been prosecuted for the sale of non-compliant or illegal vaping products in each of the last five years in (a) Suffolk Co

AnsweredHome Office6 Jan 2026

Trading Standards: Suffolk Coastal

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support local police forces to tackle illegal traders on high streets across Suffolk Coastal.

AnsweredHome Office6 Jan 2026

Airports: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the fairness and proportionality of penalty charges issued for non-payment of drop-off fees at UK airports

AnsweredDepartment for Transport17 Dec 2025

Child Rearing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on recognising parental alienation as a form of emotional harm to children.

AnsweredMinistry of Justice17 Dec 2025

Trading Standards: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many trading standards inspections of high street shops took place in the last 12 months in (a) Suffolk Coastal, (b) Suffolk and (c) East Angl

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade17 Dec 2025

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring forward legislative changes to strengthen local enforcement powers before the introduction of uni

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government17 Dec 2025

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure timely access to mental health support for children and parents affected by family breakdown and parental al

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care17 Dec 2025

Mental Health Services: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated to mental health services for people in the criminal justice system in the current financial year an

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care17 Dec 2025

Armed Forces: Motor Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) whether he is aware of reports that some motor insurers refuse cover to individuals on joining the Armed Forces and (b) what steps he is taking to addres

AnsweredMinistry of Defence17 Dec 2025

Horses: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent data the Government holds on the number of horses seized in connection with illegal export or smuggling in the last t

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs17 Dec 2025

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