About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Robert Jenrick) represents you, and all of the people who live in Newark, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Newark

Entered the House of Commons on 6 June 2014 — Byelection

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @RobertJenrick
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Robert Jenrick campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Ministry of Justice
• Home Office
• Department for Education
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• HM Treasury
• Southwell Minster School
• Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging
• Visas: National Security
• Prison Accommodation: Facilities
• Pupils: Per Capita Costs

Currently held offices

• Shadow Secretary of State for Justice (since 4 Nov 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• The Minister for Immigration (25 Oct 2022 to 6 Dec 2023)
• Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) ( 7 Sep 2022 to 25 Oct 2022)
• The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (24 Jul 2019 to 15 Sep 2021)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee ( 5 Feb 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• The Exchequer Secretary ( 9 Jan 2018 to 24 Jul 2019)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee ( 7 Jul 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Patrick Mercer
• Fiona Jones
• Richard Alexander
• Edward Bishop
• George Deer
• Sidney Shephard
• Titchfield
• John Starkey
• Charles Welby
• Newark
• Harold Finch-Hatton
• Newark
• William Nicholson
• Thomas Earp
• Samuel Bristowe
• Grosvenor Hodgkinson
• Edward Denison
• Arthur Clinton
• Grosvenor Hodgkinson
• John Handley
• Grosvenor Hodgkinson
• Lincoln
• John Handley
• Granville Vernon
• John Manners-Sutton
• John Stuart
• W.E. Gladstone
• John Manners
• W.E. Gladstone
• Thomas Wilde
• W.E. Gladstone
• Thomas Wilde
• William Handley
• W.E. Gladstone
• Thomas Wilde
• Michael Sadler
• Henry Willoughby
• Michael Sadler
• Henry Willoughby
• William Clinton
• Henry Willoughby
• William Clinton
• George Dawkins-Pennant
• Henry Willoughby
• George Dawkins-Pennant
• Stapleton Cotton
• Henry Willoughby
• Stapleton Cotton
• Henry Willoughby
• Stapleton Cotton
• Henry Willoughby
• Charles Pole
• Henry Willoughby
• Charles Pole
• Thomas Manners-Sutton

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Finance (No.3) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Prisons and Courts Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill Committee (5 out of 10)
• Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Childcare Payments Bill Committee (6 out of 9)
• Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill Committee (6 out of 16)
• Infrastructure Bill Committee (11 out of 11)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Prisons: Security 16 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating the use of (a) scanners and (b) enhanced security screening upon entry to secure prisons for all prison officers.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Prisoners' Transfers 13 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving sentences in closed prisons will become eligible for transfer to open prisons under the early transfer rules that came into force on 9 June 2025; and how many prisoners are eligible by (a) primary offence type and (b) sentence length.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: European Convention on Human Rights 10 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her oral contribution in response to a question from the Rt hon. Member for Newark on 3 June 2025, Official Report, col 161, if she will write to the Council of Europe in support of the open letter produced by nine Council members calling for reform of the European Convention on Human Rights.

More of Robert Jenrick’s recent appearances

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