Sir Bernard Jenkin

MP since 9 Apr 1992

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Sir Bernard Jenkin is the Conservative MP for Harwich and North Essex, and has been an MP continually since 9 April 1992.

1921

Votes Cast

N/A

Expenses

1,162

Majority

34.4%

Vote Share

Expenses

No expense data available.

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 48,043 voters

✓Conservative
16,522 votes34.4%
Labour
15,360 votes32.0%
Reform UK
9,806 votes20.4%
Liberal Democrat
3,561 votes7.4%
Green Party
2,794 votes5.8%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

32

Written Questions

4

Oral Questions

149

Debates Spoken In⚑

316

Speeches⚑

421

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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3 AYE

Health Bill

3 votes · 8 Sept 2026

2 AYE2 NO

Representation of the People Bill

4 votes · 2 Sept 2026

2 AYE

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 14 Jul 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

Financial Interests(7)

Visits outside the UK

Russia

£398
Name of donor
UK Friends of Ukraine
Address of donor
62 Lots Road, London SW10 0QD
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
Meals and bus transport., value £398
Destination of visit
Moldova (Chisinau) and Ukraine (Odessa, Kiev)
Dates of visit
19 February 2026 to 25 February 2026
Purpose of visit
Visit for briefings and meetings in Moldova, Odessa and Kiev, and to attend fourth anniversary event to commemorate the 2022 full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, with President Zelenskyy and other heads of state.

Registered 20 March 2026

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Richard Matthews

Day's shooting

23 December 2025

£300
Name of donor
Richard Matthews
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Day's shooting, value £300
Date received
23 December 2025
Date accepted
23 December 2025
Donor status
individual

Registered 11 January 2026

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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A Vice President of Combat Stress, a charity offering mental health services to veterans. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 15 December 2021)

Registered 15 December 2021

Miscellaneous

guarantee

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Date interest arose
20 July 2011

Registered 11 December 2023

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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Date interest arose
1 January 2010

Registered 21 October 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Sir in Parliament

Liverpool Street Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station on the surrounding heritage buildings.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport1 Jul 2025

Liverpool Street Station: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station on the economy.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport24 Jun 2025

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the cost to the public purse of local government reorganisation in Essex.

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government26 Feb 2025

Cabinet Office and Prime Minister: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) officials and (b) advisers are employed by (i) his Department and (ii) Number 10 Downing Street.

AnsweredCabinet Office30 Jan 2025

Community Diagnostic Centres: Essex and Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Oral Statement of 6 January 2026 on Health and Adult Social Care Reform, Official Report, Column 597, where new diagnost

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care7 Jan 2025

National Grid: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the (a) level of skilled labour and (b) extent of the shortage of the particular skills required to deliv

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero18 Dec 2024

Unitary Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, wha

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government16 Dec 2024

Ofgem: Publications

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what definition his Department uses for socio-economic welfare, the context of publications by Ofgem.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero12 Nov 2024

Incentives

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to implement a British jobs bonus scheme; and how much he plans to allocate to each year of the scheme.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero5 Nov 2024

AUKUS

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the fire in a submarine construction facility in Barrow-in-Furness on delivery of the AUKUS submarine

AnsweredMinistry of Defence31 Oct 2024
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