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 AYE2 NO

King's Speech Motion for an Address

4 votes · 20 May 2026

4 NO

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

4 votes · 27 Apr 2026

6 NO

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

6 votes · 21 Apr 2026

3 NO

Crime and Policing Bill

3 votes · 20 Apr 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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria the NHS Business Services Authority applies when determining whether a person has acted wrongfully or with any lack of care for

Department of Health and Social Care8 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex dated 10 of June concerning Mr Lewis Mounteny’s questi

Department of Health and Social Care8 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider allowing the export of live animals for to the EU for fattening and slaughter as part of the dynamic alignme

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs7 Sept 2026

A120: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to upgrade the A120 from Hare Green to Harwich.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport9 Jul 2026

Defence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out in detail where he expects to be able to fulfill the commitment of £10.7bn included in the spending projections on page 73 of the Defence

AnsweredMinistry of Defence30 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider allowing the export of live animals to the EU as part of the dynamic alignment provisions of the proposed sa

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs10 Jun 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made by her Department of the statistical reliability of the OBR's claim that the UK economy is growing more slowly than if the UK had

Treasury5 Jun 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of measures proposed in the EU reset on economic growth, taking account costs on business and th

Treasury4 Jun 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of leaving the EU on the underlying growth rate of the UK economy; and what recent analysis her Department has undert

Treasury20 May 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK electricity that will pass through the Bramford substation (a) in an average year and

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero20 Apr 2026
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