:Bernard Jenkin

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Sir Bernard Jenkin

| honorific-suffix = MP

| image = Official portrait of Sir Bernard Jenkin MP crop 2.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2019

| office1 = Chair of the Liaison Committee

| term_start1 = 23 May 2020

| term_end1 = 30 May 2024

| predecessor1 = Sarah Wollaston

| successor1 = Meg Hillier (de facto)

| office2 = Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee{{efn|As chair of the Public Administration Committee from 2010 to May 2015.}}

| term_start2 = 10 June 2010

| term_end2 = 6 November 2019

| predecessor2 = Tony Wright

| successor2 = William Wragg

| office3 = Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party

| alongside3 = The Lord Ashcroft

| term_start3 = 1 December 2005

| term_end3 = 7 November 2006

| leader3 = Michael Howard
David Cameron

| predecessor3 =

| successor3 = John Maples

{{Collapsed infobox section begin|last=yes|Shadow portfolios

|titlestyle=border:1px dashed lightgrey}}{{Infobox officeholder |embed=yes

| office = Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change

| leader = Michael Howard

| term_start = 10 May 2005

| term_end = 8 December 2005

| office1 = Shadow Secretary of State for the Regions

| leader1 = Michael Howard

| term_start1 = 11 November 2003

| term_end1 = 6 May 2005

| predecessor1 = David Davis

| successor1 = Caroline Spelman

| office2 = Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

| leader2 = Iain Duncan Smith

| term_start2 = 18 September 2001

| term_end2 = 6 November 2003

| predecessor2 = Iain Duncan Smith

| successor2 = Nicholas Soames

| office3 = Shadow Minister for Transport

| term_start3 = 19 June 1998

| term_end3 = 1 September 2001

| leader3 = William Hague

| predecessor3 = Tim Yeo

| successor3 = Eric Pickles

}}

| office4 = Member of Parliament
for Harwich and North Essex
{{nobold|North Essex (1997–2010)}}
{{nobold|Colchester North (1992–1997)}}

| term_start4 = 9 April 1992

| term_end4 =

| predecessor4 = Antony Buck

| successor4 =

| majority4 = 1,162 (2.4%)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|4|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wood Green, Middlesex, England

| birth_name = Bernard Christison Jenkin{{cite web | url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/yT4yDRkOYd7cjHcmB-oMM3uZAFY/appointments | title=Bernard Christison JENKIN personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK }}

| party = Conservative

| spouse = {{marriage|Anne Strutt|1988}}

| children = 2

| father = Patrick Jenkin

| alma_mater = Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (BA)

}}

Sir Bernard Christison Jenkin (born 9 April 1959) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harwich and North Essex, previously Colchester North then North Essex, since 1992. He also served as chair of the Liaison Committee.

Jenkin was elected chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee in May 2010. He is a longstanding critic of the European Union, believing that EU membership undermined the United Kingdom's national sovereignty, and he was one of the Maastricht Rebels during the premiership of John Major. In the 2016 EU referendum he supported Brexit and from 2017 he was one of the most vocal supporters of the Eurosceptic pressure group Leave Means Leave.

Early life and career

Bernard Jenkin was born on 9 April 1959 in Wood Green, to Patrick Jenkin, who subsequently became a Conservative MP and Cabinet minister, and later a life peer (as Baron Jenkin of Roding); and Monica Jenkin (née Graham). He is a descendant of the scientist Fleeming Jenkin.

He was educated at the fee-paying independent Highgate School, the voluntary aided William Ellis School, and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a choral exhibition and gained a BA honours degree in English literature in 1982. He was President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1982.

After graduation, Jenkin worked for Ford and the private equity company 3i as Manager of Legal & General Ventures from 1989 to 1992. From 1992 to 1995, he was an advisor to Legal & General Group plc.

Jenkin stood for election as the Conservative candidate in Glasgow Central at the 1987 general election, coming second with 13% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour MP Bob McTaggart.{{cite web |title=Election Data 1987 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |access-date=18 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}}

Parliamentary career

= 1st term (1992–1997) =

At the 1992 general election, his 33rd birthday, Jenkin was elected as MP for Colchester North with 51.5% of the vote and a majority of 16,402.{{cite web |title=Election Data 1992 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt |archivedate=15 October 2011 |accessdate=28 June 2017 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}}{{cite web |date=9 April 1992 |title=Politics Resources |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm |archive-date=24 July 2011 |accessdate=2010-12-06 |work=Election 1992 |publisher=Politics Resources}}

During John Major's government, Jenkin was one of the Maastricht Rebels who defied the party whip to oppose the Maastricht Treaty.

= 2nd term (1997–2001) =

Prior to the 1997 general election, Colchester North was abolished, and replaced with North Essex. At the general election, Jenkin was elected as MP for North Essex with 43.9% of the vote and a majority of 5,476.{{cite web |title=Election Data 1997 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |access-date=18 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}}

William Hague appointed him Shadow Minister for Transport, serving from 1998 to 2001.

= 3rd term (2001–2005) =

At the 2001 general election, Jenkin was re-elected as MP for North Essex with an increased vote share of 47.4% and an increased majority of 7,186.{{cite web |title=Election Data 2001 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |access-date=18 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}}

Jenkin served as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence from 2001 to 2003 under Iain Duncan Smith and Shadow Regions Secretary from 2003 to 2005 under Michael Howard.

= 4th term (2005–2010) =

Jenkin was again re-elected at the 2005 general election with an increased vote share of 47.6% and an increased majority of 10,903.{{cite web |title=Election Data 2005 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |access-date=18 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}} He was appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party after the general election and served until 7 November 2006, when he was replaced by John Maples.{{cite news|title=Jenkin axed in Cameron reshuffle|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6125858.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=8 November 2006|access-date=29 October 2009}} Jenkin's deputy chairman role came to an end when, during a shadow cabinet reshuffle, he was offered another frontbench position, which he declined, reportedly saying to David Cameron that only a return to the shadow cabinet would interest him.{{cite news|last1=Carlin|first1=Brendan|last2=Isaby|first2=Jonathan|title=Senior Tory sacked in 'A-list' race row|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1533554/Senior-Tory-sacked-in-A-list-race-row.html|work=The Telegraph|date=8 November 2006|access-date=13 April 2019|issn=0307-1235}}

In 2006, Jenkin faced criticism after he used the word "coloured" when referring to a British Asian Conservative A-List candidate, Ali Miraj.{{cite news |last=Browne |first=Anthony |title=Jenkin in new race row after 'coloured' remark |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/jenkin-in-new-race-row-after-coloured-remark-rrs3jcsbq5b |work=The Times |date=9 November 2006 |access-date=7 March 2017}}

= 5th term (2010–2015) =

Prior to the 2010 general election, Jenkin's constituency of North Essex was abolished and replaced with Harwich and North Essex. At the election, Jenkin was elected as MP for Harwich and North Essex with 46.9% of the vote and a majority of 11,447.{{cite web |title=Election Data 2010 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |archive-date=26 July 2013 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}}{{cite news |title=BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Harwich & Essex North |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c07.stm |work=BBC News}}

In May 2012, Jenkin was re-elected as a member of the Executive of the 1922 Committee.{{cite news |author= |title=New faces elected on to influential Conservative 1922 committee |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18093877 |publisher=BBC News |date=17 May 2012 |access-date=6 July 2022}}

Jenkin, who gained a reputation as a critic of the Coalition government, led calls to drop the House of Lords Reform Bill 2012.{{cite news|last1=Watt|first1=Nicholas|title=Rebel Tories scupper motion for House of Lords reform bill|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/jul/10/rebel-tories-motion-lords-reform|access-date=26 March 2015|work=The Guardian|date=10 July 2012}} Jenkin voted in favour of same sex marriage in 2013 "as a matter of principle", whilst acknowledging the decision to hold the debate caused much "political unhappiness".{{cite web|last1=Jenkin|first1=Bernard|title=Why I, a practising member of the Church of England, will vote for same-sex marriage today|url=http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2013/02/bernard-jenkin-mp-why-i-a-practising-member-of-the-church-of-england-will-vote-for-same-sex-marriage.html|work=ConservativeHome|date=5 February 2013|access-date=26 March 2015}}

In January 2014, Jenkin drafted a letter calling for Prime Minister Cameron to renegotiate Britain's relationship with the EU to give the House of Commons powers to veto EU legislation, which was ultimately signed by 95 MPs, and reportedly backed by another six.{{cite news|last1=Ross|first1=Tim|title=95 Tory MPs call for EU law veto|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10566135/95-Tory-MPs-call-for-EU-law-veto.html|access-date=26 March 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=11 January 2014}} Following the Scottish independence referendum and promises made to further devolve powers to Scotland, Jenkin called for the creation of an "English First Minister" and for departments responsible for policy that applied only in England to be accountable only to the English MPs.{{cite news|title=Tory backbencher calls for 'England First Minister'|url=http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-09-16/tory-backbencher-calls-for-england-first-minister/|access-date=26 March 2015|work=ITV News|date=16 September 2014}}

= 6th term (2015–2017) =

Jenkin was re-elected as MP for Harwich and North Essex at the 2015 general election with an increased vote share of 51% and an increased majority of 15,174.{{cite web |title=Election Data 2015 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}} Following the general election, he was returned unopposed as the chairman of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/june/winning-candidates-for-select-committee-chairs-announced/|date=18 June 2015|access-date=19 June 2015|title=Winning candidates for select committee Chairs announced|work=UK Parliament}}

Jenkin was one of the most vocal supporters of the Eurosceptic pressure group Leave Means Leave, and was a prominent Leave supporter in the Brexit referendum.{{cite web |url=http://www.leavemeansleave.eu/who-we-are/ |title=Co-Chairmen – Political Advisory Board – Supporters |publisher=Leave Means Leave |access-date=14 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024153425/http://www.leavemeansleave.eu/who-we-are/ |archive-date=24 October 2017 |url-status=dead }}

= 7th term (2017–2019) =

At the snap 2017 general election, Jenkin was again re-elected, with an increased vote share of 58.5% and a decreased majority of 14,356.{{cite web |title=BERNARD JENKIN CANDIDATE FOR HARWICH & NORTH ESSEX |url=http://www.bernardjenkin.com/ |access-date=4 May 2017 |website=bernardjenkin.com}}

In September 2019, Jenkin criticised the House of Commons speaker John Bercow, stating that he was "irretrievably politicised and radicalised". This comment came after Bercow made a speech warning Boris Johnson that "the only form of Brexit which we will have, whenever that might be, will be a Brexit that the House of Commons has explicitly endorsed".{{cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-boris-johnson-john-bercow-bernard-jenking-bbc-radio-4-today-video-581493|title=Tory MP Bernard Jenkin accuses John Bercow of operating a 'majoritarian dictatorship' over Brexiters |last=Evans|first=Albert|date=13 September 2019|work=i|access-date=18 September 2019}}

= 8th term (2019–2024) =

Jenkin was again re-elected at the 2019 general election, with an increased vote share of 60.3% and an increased majority of 20,182.{{cite web |title=STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL |url=https://cbccrmdata.blob.core.windows.net/noteattachment/CBC-election-Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-and-Notice-of-Poll-Harwich-and-North-Essex-Constituency-SPN-%20Harwich%20And%20North%20Essex.pdf |access-date=2023-08-21 }}

Although a sceptic of lockdown, Jenkin supported the first COVID-19 tier regulations in England. However, he urged Boris Johnson to put forward a white paper on the issue, setting out how the UK can deal with COVID-19 through treatments, social distancing and an improved NHS Test and Trace.{{cite news |last1=Casalicchio |first1=Emilio |title=5 things the UK's lockdown-skeptic MPs want from Boris Johnson |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/five-things-the-uk-coronavirus-lockdown-skeptic-mps-want-from-boris-johnson/ |access-date=2 December 2020 |work=POLITICO |date=2 November 2020}}

In 2021, he was a critic of Russia, and urged the government to take action in Ukraine.{{Cite news|title=Harwich MP: 'We are are in a hybrid war' against Russia|url=https://www.harwichandmanningtreestandard.co.uk/news/19767608.harwich-mp-we-hybrid-war-russia/|access-date=7 December 2021|work=Harwich and Manningtree Standard|last=Dwan|first=James|date=7 December 2021}}

In June 2023 Boris Johnson called for Jenkin to resign, after his participation in the Commons Select Committee of Privileges which investigated whether Johnson had misled parliament, when it was reported by the Guido Fawkes website that Jenkin had attended an event on 8 December 2020 in parliament. It was reportedly the date of his wife's birthday, with a "drinks party" held by Eleanor Laing, a Commons deputy speaker, in her office.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/14/boris-johnson-calls-for-tory-mp-on-privileges-committee-to-resign |title=Boris Johnson calls for Tory MP on privileges committee to resign |first=Aubrey |last=Allegretti |work=The Guardian |date=14 June 2023 |accessdate=14 June 2023}} In December 2023, it was found that the allegations did not meet the threshold for a fixed penalty notice by the police.{{Cite news |last=Evans |first=Martin |date=2023-12-08 |title=Police close investigation into Sir Bernard Jenkin's after lockdown party claims |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/12/08/police-covid-investigation-bernard-jenkins-closed/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}

In December 2023, Jenkin was placed under investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Daniel Greenberg, for alleged "actions causing significant damage to the reputation of the House as a whole, or of its Members generally".{{cite web |title=Allegations currently under investigation by the Commissioner |url=https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-financial-interests/parliamentary-commissioner-for-standards/complaints-and-investigations/allegations-currently-under-investigation-by-the-commissioner/ |access-date=18 December 2023 |website=UK Parliament}} On 26 March, Greenberg's investigation determined the allegations would not be upheld.https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/pcfs/not-upheld/not-upheld---mc-mp-bj-mp-el-mp-vc-mp.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}

= 9th term (2024–) =

At the 2024 general election, Jenkin was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 34.4% and a decreased majority of 1,162.{{Cite news |author= |date= |title=Harwich and North Essex - General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001273 |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=BBC News |quote=3,561}}

Expenses claims

In May 2009, Jenkin was reported by The Daily Telegraph to have used £50,000 in expenses to pay his sister-in-law rent on the property he uses as his constituency home. Jenkin said that he was just paying "an honest and reasonable rent" for the property.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8064828.stm|title=Stop MP humiliation – archbishop |date=23 May 2009 |work=BBC News|access-date=29 October 2009}} On 27 October 2009, it was initially recommended that Bernard Jenkin pay back £63,250 by expenses auditor Sir Thomas Legg. This is the highest amount known to have been recommended after an audit of MPs' claims on second homes expenses. His father ultimately settled the bill for him.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8328617.stm|title=MP told to repay £63,250 expenses |date=27 October 2009|work=BBC News|access-date=29 October 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/4705446.MP_ordered_to_pay_back_more_than___60_000/?ref=mr|title=MP ordered to pay back more than £60,000 |last=Parkes |first=Tom |date= 27 October 2009|work=Daily Gazette (Colchester)|access-date=29 October 2009}} This amount was reduced to £36,250 following an appeal.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/7105715/MPs-expenses-Bernard-Jenkin-has-repayment-halved.html|title=MPs' expenses: Bernard Jenkin has repayment halved |date=30 January 2010|access-date=31 March 2010|work=The Telegraph|first=Holly|last=Watt}}

In popular culture

Jenkin's role on the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee was dramatised in the 2017 verbatim musical Committee: (A New Musical), which retold the downfall of the charity Kids Company and which was first performed at the Donmar Warehouse. Jenkin was portrayed by actor Alexander Hanson.{{cite web |title=Committee: (A New Musical) review – Kids Company crisis lacks drama |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jul/09/committee-kids-company-donmar-observer-review |website=The Observer |date=9 July 2017 |access-date=6 July 2022}}

Jenkin was portrayed by Tim McMullan in the 2019 Channel 4 drama Brexit: The Uncivil War.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/brexit-uncivil-war-review-benedict-cumberbatch-gripping-watch/|title=Brexit: The Uncivil War review: Benedict Cumberbatch is superb in this thrilling romp through the referendum|last=Bennett|first=Asa|date=28 December 2018|work=The Telegraph|access-date=8 January 2019|issn=0307-1235}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/49f2b912-0f67-11e9-acdc-4d9976f1533b |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/49f2b912-0f67-11e9-acdc-4d9976f1533b |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Vote Leave's Matthew Elliott on Channel 4's Brexit: The Uncivil War|work=Financial Times|author=Matthew Elliott|date=4 January 2019|quote=Screenwriter James Graham has turned the campaign into a compelling story – and nailed my mannerisms|author-link=Matthew Elliott (political strategist)}}

Personal life

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Jenkin married Anne Strutt in 1988 and has two sons. He is an occasional naturist,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/dec/02/register-mps-hobbies-commons|title=Register MPs' hobbies? Please no|work=The Guardian|access-date=4 December 2010|first=Simon|last=Hoggart|date=2 December 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1886108.stm|title=The people's choice?|work=BBC News|access-date=19 April 2011|date=22 March 2002}} and a long-time acquaintance of screenwriter Richard Curtis, who typically includes a character named 'Bernard' in everything he writes.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1446547/Why-Tory-MP-is-the-father-of-all-Bernards.html|title=Why Tory MP is the father of all Bernards|work=The Telegraph|access-date=20 July 2015|first=Matt|last=Born|date=13 November 2003}}

He separated from his wife in 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-10 |title=Essex MP and wife announce separation after 34 years of marriage |url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/23182905.sir-bernard-jenkin-baroness-jenkin-kennington-separate/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=Echo |language=en}}

Jenkin is the vice-president of the UK charity Combat Stress, which offers residential treatment to ex-servicemen and women suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. To mark his 50th birthday, he held a fundraising event in March 2009 which raised over £50,000 for the charity.{{cite news |last=Brading |first=Wendy |date=20 March 2009 |title=Colchester: Gala event for charity |url=http://www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/news/4216229.Colchester__Gala_event_for_charity |access-date=13 April 2010 |work=Essex County Standard}}

Honours

In 2018, Jenkin was awarded with a knighthood honouring his political and public service.{{cite web|url=https://www.harwichandmanningtreestandard.co.uk/news/16281939.arise-sir-bernard-jenkin-humbled-with-knighthood/|title=Arise Sir Bernard! Jenkin humbled with knighthood|last=Jennings|first=Ryan|date=11 June 2019|website=Harwich and Manningtree Standard|access-date=12 September 2019}}

Jenkin is in favour of marriage equality and was nominated for a Stonewall award in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.outmag.co.uk/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=529:stonewall-awards-details-announced&catid=19&Itemid=135/ |title=STONEWALL AWARDS 2013 ANNOUNCED |work=Stonewall}} The Climate Coalition awarded him the Green Heart Hero Award in May 2018 for his eco-friendly lifestyle choices.{{cite web |url=http://www.hftf.org.uk/blog/2018/5/23/keep-it-local-personal-and-funny-good-climate-lobbying-according-to-bernard-jenkin-mp#.XLJcCZNKg1I=/ |title='Keep it Local, Personal and Funny.' Good climate lobbying according to Bernard Jenkin MP. |work=Hope for the Future |date=23 May 2018 |access-date=29 March 2022}}

Notes

References

External links

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[http://www.bernardjenkinmp.com/cv.asp Bernard Jenkin CV]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20050926184001/http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=4738 Bernard Jenkin MP] biography at the site of the Conservative Party
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[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-2711,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Bernard Jenkin MP]
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/244.stm BBC News – Bernard Jenkin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217031406/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/244.stm |date=17 February 2007 }} profile 20 June 2006

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{{s-ttl |title=Member of Parliament
for Colchester North |years=1992–1997}}

{{s-ttl |title=Member of Parliament
for North Essex |years=1997–2010}}

{{s-ttl |title=Member of Parliament
for Harwich and North Essex |years=2010–present}}

{{s-bef |before=Tim Yeo |as=Shadow Minister for Environment, Transport and the Regions}}

{{s-ttl |title=Shadow Secretary of State for Defence |years=2001–2003}}

{{s-bef |before=David Davis |as=Shadow Secretary of State for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister}}

{{s-ttl |title=Shadow Secretary of State for the Regions |years=2003–2005}}

{{s-aft |after=Caroline Spelman |as=Shadow Secretary of State for Local Government Affairs and Communities}}

{{s-ttl |title=Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change |years=2005}}

{{s-ttl |title=Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party |with=The Lord Ashcroft |years=2005–2006}}

Category:1959 births

Category:Living people