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
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) Aye 364–167
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) No vote 327–182
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) Aye 362–164
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 Aye 348–176
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) Aye 369–166
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) Aye 371–166
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading No vote 322–179
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80 No vote 187–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69 No vote 189–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 No vote 87–321
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 No vote 99–367
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No vote 57–309
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 No vote 74–311
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 158–318
19 Nov 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 326–92
19 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 376–16
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading Aye 320–105
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No 165–327
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 No 147–318
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 No 143–318
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40 No vote 244–132
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No vote 250–133
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 No vote 252–130
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No vote 254–129
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33 No vote 257–128

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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