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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.

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Scorecard

66.3% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
381 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
194 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
11 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
1052 Debates spoken in 114 written questions tabled

Ranked 425 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Aye 152–337
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 No 77–390
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9 Aye 104–317
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 Aye 167–313
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 Aye 182–307
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part No 389–102
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 Aye 105–381
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading No 320–171
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1 Aye 172–322
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part No 318–174
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 No vote 83–319
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7 Aye 174–321
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9 Aye 160–324
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8 Aye 151–319
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5 No vote 78–316
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41 Aye 164–333
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40 Aye 163–339
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 No vote 78–327
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Second Reading No vote 340–77
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No vote 78–292
16 Sep 2025 Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 89–79
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121 No vote 316–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62 No vote 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61 No vote 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 No vote 318–170

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

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)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Payment: £300
Received on: 28 May 2026. Hours: 4 hrs Approx.
(Registered 3 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 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)

On the register since 19 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)

On the register since 19 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)

On the register since 20 Jan 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)

On the register since 19 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)

On the register since 8 Apr 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)

On the register since 4 Nov 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)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

A Vice President of Combat Stress, a charity offering mental health services to veterans. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 15 December 2021)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

1052 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

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.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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