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
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 Aye 277–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 Aye 278–73
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 Aye 281–70
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 Aye 356–90
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 Aye 301–157
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 Aye 300–101
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Aye 291–174
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Aye 299–169
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 307–176
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Aye 290–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye 292–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 Aye 300–149
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 286–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 295–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 291–158
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence No 98–306
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas No 108–297
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Aye 278–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye 281–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 280–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 279–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 280–161
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans No vote 88–266
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty No vote 103–259
18 Mar 2026 Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 277–99

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

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Debates

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


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