Official portrait of Terry Jermy

Terry Jermy

Labour MP for South West Norfolk, since 4 July 2024

Terry Jermy is the Labour MP for South West Norfolk, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

67.1% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
386 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
189 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
7 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
7 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
103 Debates spoken in 183 written questions tabled

Ranked 413 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 No 152–337
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 No vote 77–390
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9 No vote 104–317
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 No vote 167–313
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 No vote 182–307
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part No vote 389–102
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 No vote 105–381
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading Aye 320–171
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1 No 172–322
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part Aye 318–174
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 No 83–319
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7 No 174–321
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9 No 160–324
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8 No 151–319
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5 No 78–316
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41 No 164–333
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40 No 163–339
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 No 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.

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 (Former home)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Thetford
Interest held: from 27 March 2026
(Registered 22 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Alec James Ltd
Nature of business: Alec James Ltd was set up to own a residential property
Held jointly with or on behalf of: Company is owned jointly with partner
(Registered 22 July 2024)

On the register since 30 Jul 2025

Name of company or organisation: In And About Thetford Ltd
Nature of business: A company that publishes the About Thetford magazine
(Registered 22 July 2024)

On the register since 30 Jul 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee and Chair of Thetford Heritage Trust - this is an unpaid role
Date interest arose: 12 February 2026
(Registered 21 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

I was elected as an Officer of the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), a formally constituted group within the Labour Party, focused on rural policy development and advocacy. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 12 January 2026
(Registered 26 January 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Member of the Charles Burrell Centre Ltd Board, a community benefit society. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 24 July 2024)

On the register since 31 Jul 2025

Councillor to Thetford Town Council (Thetford Priory Ward). This is an unpaid role, with no allowance or benefits.
(Registered 24 July 2024)

On the register since 29 Jul 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

103 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 →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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