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Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

Labour MP for Suffolk Coastal

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

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Seat status

Marginal

Percentage of votes

2.16%

Recent swing

+10.3% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

Jerome Justin Watts (£10,000)

Anthony Trevor Langham (£8,250)

Susan Clare Parsons (£8,250)

Key Parliamentary Votes

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DID NOT VOTE4 Sep 2025

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

✓ Passed — 336 For, 77 Against

VOTED AYE9 Mar 2026

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

✓ Passed — 307 For, 173 Against

VOTED AYE10 Mar 2026

Courts and Tribunals Bill

✓ Passed — 304 For, 203 Against

Where Jenny fits into things

Sir Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

Labour MP for Suffolk Coastal

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

No current committee memberships