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Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

Labour Sitting MP

MP for Suffolk Coastal · in Parliament since 4 July 2024

Government Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Parliamentary office

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Email: jenny.riddellcarpenter.mp@parliament.uk

Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
78.3%
494 of 631 divisions
Committee attendance
100.0%
48 meetings attended
Debate contributions
134
in the 7 year window
Written questions
187
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
1
current

Biography

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).

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
Suffolk Coastal4 July 2024PresentElected 1 time

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour4 July 2024Present

Voting participation

Participation rate
78.3%
Eligible divisions
631
Divisions voted
494

226th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Labour average 75.4%

Participation by year

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%2024202520262024: 93.2%93.2%2025: 77.6%77.6%2026: 74.6%74.6%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
2026236176 74.6%
2025322250 77.6%
20247368 93.2%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
59th631494 78.3%

Participation counts aye, no or teller votes in Commons divisions held while the MP sat. Absence has many legitimate causes (pairing, illness, parental leave, ministerial or Speaker duties).

Parliamentary activity

Debate contributions
134
Written questions
187
Oral questions
19
Early day motions
0
Bills sponsored
1
Petitions presented
0
Committee meetings attended
48

joint 356th of 650 current MPs (4 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Labour average 363

Written questions per year
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year0501001502002024: 101020242025: 10510520252026: 72722026
Oral questions per year
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year051015202024: 0020242025: 151520252026: 442026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2026 50 26 72 4 0 0 0
2025 74 45 105 15 0 1 0
2024 10 10 10 0 0 0 0

Committee memberships

Current committees

CommitteeRoleSinceMeetings attendedAttendance
City of London (Markets) Bill Member 18 March 2026 – no published attendance

joint 1st of 515 current MPs (488 tied) · all MPs average 99.6% · Labour average 99.5%

Committee membership history

Hansard activity

Contributions
134
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
81
distinct debates

542nd of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 552 · Labour average 425

Contributions per year
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year02550751002024: 101020242025: 747420252026: 50502026
Debates participated in per year
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year0132538502024: 101020242025: 454520252026: 26262026

Counts come from the Hansard record for the Commons and Westminster Hall within the dataset window. Individual contributions and topic analysis are not yet part of the dataset; search Hansard for the full record.

Parliamentary timeline

Generated from seat, party, role and committee records.

  1. 2024

    • – Became MP for Suffolk Coastal
    • – Joined Labour
    • – Joined Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

  2. 2026

    • – Joined City of London (Markets) Bill
    • – Appointed: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Constituency: Suffolk Coastal

Suffolk Coastal constituency boundary
Area
671.7 km²
Latest election
2024 General Election (4 July 2024)
Result
Lab Gain · majority 1,070
Electorate
74,522 · turnout 66.4%
Postcode areas
IP10, IP11, IP12, IP13, IP15, IP16, IP17, IP18, IP19, IP3, IP4, IP5, NR33, NR34

Statistics cover 7 November 2019 to 7 November 2026. Source: UK Parliament Members, Committees, Commons Votes, Hansard, Questions and Bills APIs, via the UK Politics Decoded dataset. View this MP’s raw JSON.