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.

1893

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)

29

Written Questions

4

Oral Questions

144

Debates Spoken In

289

Speeches

393

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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2 AYE

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 22 Jun 2026

3 AYE

National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee

3 votes · 17 Jun 2026

3 AYE

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee

3 votes · 9 Jun 2026

2 AYE

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee

2 votes · 8 Jun 2026

3 AYE

Armed Forces Bill Committee

3 votes · 2 Jun 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

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

Date interest arose
20 July 2011

Registered 11 December 2023

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
1 January 2010

Registered 21 October 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Sir in Parliament

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

Select Committees

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to the First Report of the Liaison Committee of 2023-24 on Promoting national strategy: How select committee scrutiny can improve s

AnsweredCabinet Office31 Oct 2024

List of Ministerial Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason an updated version of the transparency data entitled Government ministers and responsibilities has not yet been published; and when he plans

AnsweredCabinet Office7 Oct 2024
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