Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, MP for Suffolk Coastal
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs); City of London (Markets) Bill.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 2026 to now | Now |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| City of London (Markets) Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee | 2024 to 2026 |
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.
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter has 9 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Kevin Craig - £5,000.00 | 23 Apr 2026 |
| Family members engaged in third-party lobbying | Matthew Riddell- Carpenter employed as Lobbyist | 10 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Countryside Alliance - £3,500.00 | 26 Mar 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Susan Clare Parsons - £8,250.00 | 17 Mar 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Anthony Trevor Langham - £8,250.00 | 17 Mar 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Anthony Trevor Langham - £390.00 | 17 Nov 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Susan Clare Parsons - £8,250.00 | 29 Aug 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Anthony Trevor Langham - £8,250.00 | 29 Aug 2025 |
| 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. | 4 Aug 2025 |
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.
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter asked 122 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.
92 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
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter represents Suffolk Coastal. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter won with 32% of the votes, and Thérèse Coffey (Conservative) came second with 30%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenny Riddell-Carpenter | Labour | 15,672 | 31.7% |
| Thérèse Coffey | Conservative | 14,602 | 29.5% |
| Matthew Jackson | Reform UK | 7,850 | 15.9% |
| Julia Ewart | Liberal Democrat | 6,947 | 14.0% |
| Julian Cusack | Green Party | 4,380 | 8.9% |
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 Jenny Riddell-Carpenter took part in 194 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter voted the same way as their party in 192 of the 192 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
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 | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
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 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 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