Bernard Jenkin

Infobox MP
honorific-prefix = The Honourable
name = Bernard Jenkin
honorific-suffix =

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office = Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
term_start =18 September 2001
term_end =6 November 2003
leader = Iain Duncan Smith
predecessor = Iain Duncan Smith
successor = Nicholas Soames
constituency_MP2 = North Essex
Colchester North (1992-1997)
parliament2 =
term_start2 = 9 April 1992
term_end2 =
majority2 = 10,903 (22.7%)
predecessor2 = Philip Antony Fyson Buck
successor2 =
birth_date = Birth date and age|1959|04|09|df=yes
birth_place =
death_date =
death_place =
nationality = British
spouse =
party = Conservative
relations =
children =
residence =
alma_mater = Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
occupation =
profession = Manager of [http://www.legalandgeneralventures.com Legal & General Ventures]
religion = Roman Catholic


website =
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Bernard Christison Jenkin (born 9 April 1959) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party, and had responsibility for candidates until 7 November 2006 when this role was given to John Maples. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6125858.stm]

Early life

Jenkin was educated at Highgate School, William Ellis School (also in Highgate) and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a Choral Exhibition and gained an BA honours degree in English literature in 1982. He was President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1982. He worked for Ford and the private equity company 3i. He was Manager of [http://www.legalandgeneralventures.com Legal & General Ventures] from 1989-92. From 1992-5, he was an advisor to Legal & General Group plc.

Parliamentary career

He contested Glasgow Central in 1987, and at the 1992 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Colchester North. When that constituency was abolished for MP for the 1997 general election, he was returned to the House of Commons for the newly-re-established North Essex constituency, and has held the seat since then.

In John Major's 1992-1997 government, Jenkin was one of the "Maastricht rebels" who defied the party whip to oppose the Maastricht treaty.

William Hague appointed him Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (1998-2001). He has also served as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (2001-2003) under Iain Duncan Smith and as Shadow Regions Secretary (2003-2005) for Michael Howard. He has also been Shadow Energy Minister.

Bernard Jenkin's political interests include foreign affairs, defence, terrorism and security, home affairs, business and the future of the EU.

Family

He married in 1988 and has two sons. They are called Peter and Robert. His father is the British politician and life peer Patrick, Lord Jenkin of Roding, and is a descendant of the scientist Fleeming Jenkin.

External links

* [http://www.bernardjenkinmp.com Bernard Jenkin MP] official website
* [http://www.bernardjenkinmp.com/cv.asp Bernard Jenkin CV]
* [http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=4738 Bernard Jenkin MP] biography at the site of the Conservative Party
* [http://www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/Bernard+Jenkin/ ePolitix.com – Bernard Jenkin]
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-2711,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Bernard Jenkin MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/bernard_jenkin/north_essex TheyWorkForYou.com – Bernard Jenkin MP]
* [http://publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Bernard_Jenkin&mpc=North+Essex The Public Whip – Bernard Jenkin MP] voting record
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/244.stm BBC News – Bernard Jenkin] profile 20 June, 2006

Video clips

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Xf6_jQZ5g With Anne Widdecombe]

News items

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6125858.stm 2006 reshuffle]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6132672.stm Calling a spade a spade gets him in hot water]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2150795.stm Laptop stolen in 2002]