Rt Hon Robert Jenrick, MP for Newark
Robert Jenrick has been an MP since 2014.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Home Office) (Immigration) (Home Office) | 2022 to 2023 | |
| Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2022 | |
| Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2019 to 2021 | |
| Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2018 to 2019 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Justice (Ministry of Justice) | 2024 to 2026 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Public Accounts Committee | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2014 to 2015 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Robert Jenrick has 12 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Arujuna Sivananthan - £5,000.00 | 2 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Vikram Kumar - £30,000.00 | 2 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Michael Cohen - £50,000.00 | 14 May 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Sun News Group Newspapers Limited - £2,600.00 | 9 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Scott Harris - £5,000.00 | 19 Nov 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Mr Paul Haggar - £10,000.00 | 28 Oct 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 28 September 2025 - £7,500.00 | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Attestor Limited - £15,000.00 | 23 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Writing articles - Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited | 16 Apr 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of Newark Town Board. This is an unpaid role. | 3 May 2024 |
Show the other 2
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Chairman of Conservative Friends of Ukraine, an organisation which encourages links between the Conservative Party, the Ukrainian community in the United Kingdom and Ukraine. This is an unpaid role. | 14 Jul 2022 |
| Miscellaneous | Director of Conservative Friends of America Ltd, an organisation which encourages links between the United Kingdom and the United States. This is an unpaid role. | 14 Jul 2022 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Robert Jenrick asked 54 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
23 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Robert Jenrick represents Newark. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Robert Jenrick won with 39% of the votes, and Saj Ahmad (Labour) came second with 33%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Jenrick | Conservative | 20,968 | 39.2% |
| Saj Ahmad | Labour | 17,396 | 32.5% |
| Robert Palmer | Reform UK | 8,280 | 15.5% |
| David Watts | Liberal Democrat | 3,026 | 5.7% |
| Michael Ackroyd | Green Party | 2,345 | 4.4% |
| Adrian Amer | Independent Network | 809 | 1.5% |
| Lyn Galbraith | Independent | 329 | 0.6% |
| Matthew Darrington | English Democrats | 156 | 0.3% |
| Collan Siddique | Workers Party of Britain | 150 | 0.3% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Robert Jenrick took part in 93 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Robert Jenrick voted the same way as their party in 89 of the 90 votes where parties gave instructions (99%), and went the other way in 1.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: the first main vote | Against | Same as party |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 1 Jul | Taxes on energy and vehicles: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 1 Jul | Taxes on energy and vehicles: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (1)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Feb | Removing the two-child limit on Universal Credit: the first main vote | For | Against |
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 75% | 93% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this