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
2 Jul 2025 Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 deferred division Aye 333–168
2 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 338–79
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading against party line No 335–260
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading against party line Aye 149–328
30 Jun 2025 Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 Aye 315–4
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading Aye 314–291
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 Aye 274–224
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 Aye 275–209
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 No vote 223–269
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 No vote 213–266
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 No vote 208–261
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading Aye 312–95
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 130 No 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121 No 114–310
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No 147–305
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No 102–390
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 against party line Aye 117–379
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 Aye 379–137
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 No 89–428
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 189–328
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175 No 184–336
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174 No 194–335
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 against party line Aye 259–216
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 against party line Aye 230–256

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 →

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