MP for Suffolk Coastal
“A party-loyal, centre-left backbencher with unusually low attendance who pursues workers’ rights and rural-urban issues while occasionally diverging on end-of-life legislation.”
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Suffolk Coastal, elected in 2024. She serves on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and on the City of London (Markets) Bill committee, reflecting a focus on rural, environmental and urban policy issues. The data provided do not include her prior career background.
She shows 100% party loyalty (above the party average of 99%) but has a notably low attendance rate at 17% (compared with 34% party average). Her record mixes support for workers’ rights protections, trade union powers, bus services regulation and protest rights with votes against transgender rights, prison sentencing, and publicly owned railway. She also voted AYE against her party on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 in June 2025.
Declared financial interests include a total of 10 entries: donations and other support to fund MP activities; a family member engaged in third-party lobbying; gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources; and miscellaneous entries.
Generated 21 February 2026
How this MP participates in parliamentary votes. These numbers describe activity, not effectiveness.
How often this MP votes
Labour (Co-op) average: 34%
The percentage of parliamentary votes (divisions) this MP participated in. MPs may miss votes for legitimate reasons including ministerial duties, constituency work, or illness.
How often this MP votes with their party
Labour (Co-op) average: 99%
Estimated from voting record, not self-declared. This is a simplified model — real politics is more complex than a single axis.
2 positions
City of London (Markets) Bill
Since Mar 2026
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Since Oct 2024
Figures include only interests with declared monetary values from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Some categories (e.g. hospitality, overseas visits) may not have monetary values recorded, so the total may not reflect all declared interests.
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13
NOArmed Forces Bill
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6
NOArmed Forces Bill
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5
NOArmed Forces Bill
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2
NOArmed Forces Bill
King's Speech Motion for an Address
AYEKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)
NODraft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
AYEDraft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
AYEPension Schemes Bill: Government Motion relating to Lords Reason 88X
AYECollective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes Bill
Privilege
NOChildren's School and Wellbeing Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 38V to 38X
AYENorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over (Motion)
AYENorthern Ireland Troubles Bill
The percentage of votes where this MP voted the same way as the majority of their party. High loyalty is typical; most MPs vote with their party on most issues.
Rebel votes
Times this MP voted differently from the majority of their party. This can reflect independent judgement, but context matters — some rebel votes are on procedural matters, others on major policy.
