Official portrait of Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

Labour MP for Suffolk Coastal, since 4 July 2024

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter is the Labour MP for Suffolk Coastal, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).

Scorecard

79.5% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
457 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
118 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
9 Interests declared 5 at £5,000 or more
78 Debates spoken in 187 written questions tabled

Ranked 185 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
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 32 No vote 268–78
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 255–128
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 No vote 264–125
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 254–135
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Energy: original words stand part No vote 97–336
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Taxes No vote 101–316
5 Nov 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 Aye 268–80
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 Aye 311–152
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B Aye 312–151
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48B Aye 310–150
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B Aye 308–153
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B Aye 310–155
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Welfare spending No 92–403
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Supporting high streets No 106–321
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill: Third Reading Aye 321–103
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 20 No 182–311
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No 173–323
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 82–314
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 170–328
29 Oct 2025 European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 96–154
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: China spying case No 174–327
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: Stamp Duty Land Tax No 103–329
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No 153–332
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 166–322
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No 165–323

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.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

£5,000

Name of donor: Kevin Craig
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to support Suffolk Coastal Constituency Labour Party activities.
Donor status: individual
(Registered 23 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Countryside Alliance
Address of donor: China Works, Black Prince Rd, London, SE1 7SJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Donation of £2500 for recruiter of focus groups and £1000 for coordinator of focus groups as part of research for a Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG) report. Donations were paid directly to the focus group companies, value £3,500
Date received: 17 December 2025 to 24 December 2025
Date accepted: 17 December 2025
Donor status: company, registration 05669451
(Registered 26 March 2026)

On the register since 27 May 2026

£8,250

Name of donor: Anthony Trevor Langham
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair, value £8,250
Date received: 23 February 2026 to 22 August 2026
Date accepted: 23 February 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

£8,250

Name of donor: Susan Clare Parsons
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair, value £8,250
Date received: 23 February 2026 to 22 August 2026
Date accepted: 23 February 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

£8,250

Name of donor: Anthony Trevor Langham
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair, value £8,250
Date received: 4 August 2025 to 3 February 2026
Date accepted: 4 August 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 29 August 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

£8,250

Name of donor: Susan Clare Parsons
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair, value £8,250
Date received: 4 August 2025 to 3 February 2026
Date accepted: 4 August 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 29 August 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Anthony Trevor Langham
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets with hospitality for Ascot races for Jenny Riddell-Carpenter. Each ticket value £195, value £390
Date received: 18 October 2025
Date accepted: 18 October 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 17 November 2025)

On the register since 12 Feb 2026

8. Miscellaneous

I was elected as Chair 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. I provide strategic direction for the group and oversee its external engagement and staffing support arrangements.
Date interest arose: 9 June 2025
(Registered 4 August 2025)

On the register since 12 Feb 2026

10. Family members engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client

Name: Matthew Riddell- Carpenter
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Director
Name of employer: Appleby Solutions LTD
(Registered 10 April 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

5 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £36,500 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
23 Feb 2026 Jenny Riddell-Carpenter sitting MP Anthony Trevor Langham Individual Non Cash Staff costs £8,250
23 Feb 2026 Jenny Riddell-Carpenter sitting MP Susan Clare Parsons Individual Non Cash Staff costs £8,250
17 Dec 2025 Jenny Riddell-Carpenter sitting MP Countryside Alliance Company Non Cash Staff costs £3,500
4 Aug 2025 Jenny Riddell-Carpenter sitting MP Anthony Trevor Langham Individual Non Cash Staff costs £8,250
4 Aug 2025 Jenny Riddell-Carpenter sitting MP Susan Clare Parsons Individual Non Cash Staff costs £8,250

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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