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Jayne Kirkham, MP for Truro and Falmouth

Jayne Kirkham has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.

Roles and committees

Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.

Committees

PostWhen
Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill2026 to nowNow
Railways Bill2026
Crown Estate Bill [HL]2025
Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]2024 to 2025
Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill2024
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee2024 to nowNow

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.

Jayne Kirkham has 1 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
MiscellaneousTrustee for True Butterflies Foundation, a domestic violence support charity. This is an unpaid role.2 Aug 2024

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.

Jayne Kirkham asked 145 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care27
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs15
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government14
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero12
Department for Education12

Latest questions

28 Aug 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 7 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 7 Sep 2026
13 Jul 2026 · to the Treasury
Answered 15 Jul 2026
13 Jul 2026 · to the Treasury
Answered 15 Jul 2026
9 Jul 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 15 Jul 2026

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.

PAID IN 2025-26
£27,568
Office costs · claims for running an office£20,747
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£6,821

93 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Jayne Kirkham represents Truro and Falmouth. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Jayne Kirkham

Labour

MAJORITY
8,151

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
69%

of people who could vote did

Jayne Kirkham won with 41% of the votes, and Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative) came second with 25%.

Votes for each party

Labour41% · 20,783
Conservative25% · 12,632
Liberal Democrat13% · 6,552
Reform UK12% · 6,163
Green Party7% · 3,470
Independent1% · 498
Everyone else0% · 166
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jayne KirkhamLabour20,78341.3%
Cherilyn MackroryConservative12,63225.1%
Ruth GripperLiberal Democrat6,55213.0%
Steve RubidgeReform UK6,16312.3%
Karen La BordeGreen Party3,4706.9%
Peter LawrenceIndependent4981.0%
Peter WhiteLiberal1660.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£690 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.5%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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How they vote

In the last 12 months Jayne Kirkham took part in 205 Commons votes.

More detail on how they vote

Jayne Kirkham voted the same way as their party in 203 of the 203 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

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Has this changed over time?

90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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MonthThis MPParty average
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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