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Sir Bernard Jenkin
Conservative MP for Harwich and North Essex
Sir Bernard Jenkin is the Conservative MP for Harwich and North Essex, and has been an MP continually since 9 April 1992.
MessageSeat status
Marginal
Majority size
1,162
Recent swing
-24.2% Conservative
Party
Conservative
Top donors:
Richard Matthews (£300)
Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues
DID NOT VOTE
21 Oct 2024
Employment Rights Bill
✓ Passed — 386 For, 105 Against
VOTED NO
29 Nov 2024
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
✓ Passed — 330 For, 275 Against
Sir Bernard voted against the majority
DID NOT VOTE
11 Dec 2024
Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024
✓ Passed — 375 For, 9 Against
Where Sir Bernard fits into things
Keir Starmer
Prime Minister
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Member of Parliament
Harwich and North Essex
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
- Liaison Committee (Commons)
- Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements
- Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
- Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)