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Sir Bernard Jenkin

Sir Bernard Jenkin MP

Conservative · Harwich and North Essex · CO5 7NA

Key facts

Party Conservative (Con)
ConstituencyHarwich and North Essex
First elected9 April 1992
ResultCon Hold
GenderM
Emailbernard.jenkin.mp@parliament.uk
Phone020 7219 4029
Websitehttp://www.bernardjenkin.com

Election results

Results for Harwich and North Essex at the most recent general election.

Bernard Jenkin
Conservative 16522 34.4%
Alex Diner
Labour 15360 32.0%
Mark Cole
Reform UK 9806 20.4%
Natalie Sommers
Liberal Democrat 3561 7.4%
Andrew Canessa
Green Party 2794 5.8%

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change) 10 May 2005 8 December 2005
Shadow Secretary of State (The Regions) 1 October 2003 10 May 2005
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence 1 September 2001 1 October 2003
Shadow Minister (Transport) 19 June 1998 1 September 2001
Opposition Spokesperson (Environment, Transport and the Regions) 1 January 1998 19 June 1998
Opposition Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs, Scotland and Wales) 1 July 1997 1 July 1998

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Social Security 6 December 1993 21 March 1997
Defence Committee 27 November 2006 6 May 2010
Committees on Arms Export Controls 10 March 2008 6 May 2010
Public Administration Committee 10 June 2010 30 March 2015
Liaison Committee (Commons) 4 December 2024 Present
Liaison Committee (Commons) 20 May 2020 30 May 2024
Liaison Committee (Commons) 6 November 2017 6 November 2019
Liaison Committee (Commons) 10 September 2015 3 May 2017
Liaison Committee (Commons) 19 July 2010 30 March 2015
Parliamentary Privilege (Joint Committee) 3 December 2012 30 March 2015
Draft Protection of Charities Bill (Joint Committee) 6 November 2014 3 February 2015
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee 12 July 2017 6 November 2019
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee 18 June 2015 3 May 2017
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 12 July 2017 6 November 2019
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 18 June 2015 3 May 2017
Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill (Joint Committee) 16 May 2018 27 July 2018
Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill (Joint Committee) 17 April 2018 27 July 2018
Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system 13 February 2019 6 November 2019
Committee on Standards 2 March 2020 30 May 2024
Public Accounts Committee 2 March 2020 25 May 2021
Committee of Privileges 2 March 2020 30 May 2024
Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements 11 June 2025 Present
Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements 22 September 2021 30 May 2024
Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government 22 June 2023 30 May 2024
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) 16 October 2024 Present
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) 14 October 2024 Present
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) 16 October 2024 Present
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) 14 October 2024 Present

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Harwich and North Essex Present
Harwich and North Essex Present
North Essex Present
North Colchester Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Conservative 9 April 1992 Present