Sir Bernard Jenkin
Conservative MP for Harwich and North Essex, since 9 April 1992
Sir Bernard Jenkin is the Conservative MP for Harwich and North Essex, and has been an MP continually since 9 April 1992.
Scorecard
Voting record
590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.
Declared financial interests
Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.
1. Employment and earnings
Payment: £300 For Magazine article
Received on: 1 September 2026. Hours: 3 hrs approximate.
(Registered 1 September 2026)
Role, work or services: Writing articles
Until: 28 May 2026.
Payer: Mace Publishing Limited Company number 15121315 (58190 - Other publishing activities), Wsm Connect House 133-137 Alexandra Road, Wimbledon SW19 7JY
(Registered 3 June 2026)
Payment: £300
Received on: 28 May 2026. Hours: 4 hrs Approx.
(Registered 3 June 2026)
Role, work or services: Speaking engagement
Until: 15 April 2026.
Payer: El Espaniol, (National newspaper in Spain), Avenida de Burgos 16, 28036 Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
(Registered 6 May 2026)
Payment: £1,264.76 This fee was in addition to the expenses covered for the visit to Madrid which is separately declared.
Received on: 29 April 2026. Hours: 4 hrs The engagement involved attending the Wake Up Spain defence conference in Madrid, as well as participating in one of the sessions, and at a lunch discussion, to discuss a CIVITAS paper I co-authored.
(Registered 6 May 2026)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
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)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: El Espaniol
Address of donor: Avenida de Burgos 16, 28036 Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights - £1463 Hotel - £478.84 Transfer - £110.20 Lunch - £69.09, value £2,122.14
Destination of visit: Spain (Madrid)
Dates of visit: 14 April 2026 to 15 April 2026
Purpose of visit: Purpose of visit: Invited to speak at "Wake Up Spain!" Defence Conference in Madrid organised by El Espanol
(Registered 6 May 2026)
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)
6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
Type of land/property: Residential property (Holiday chalet)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Essex
Interest held: from 4 September 2025
(Registered 30 October 2025)
8. Miscellaneous
I am a Trustee of the Parliament Choir, which was an All Party Parliamentary Group until 2019, but is now an autonomous body under the patronage of the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Lords Speaker. The choir is open to all who work in Parliament.
Date interest arose: 1 January 2010
(Registered 21 October 2025)
A Vice President of Combat Stress, a charity offering mental health services to veterans. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 15 December 2021)
Director and Chairman of Beach Road Water Ltd, a non-profit company limited by guarantee. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 20 July 2011
(Registered 11 December 2023)
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Debates
1058 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
- Engagements
- Artificial Superintelligence
- Health Bill
- Local Government Reorganisation
- EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UK
- Topical Questions
- National Energy System Operator: Blackout Risk
- Local Government Reorganisation
- Death of Ann Widdecombe
Money declared to them
No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.
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