Jen Craft MP: votes, interests and costs
Jen Craft represents Thurrock in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Jen Craft as a current member of this committee.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Health and Social Care Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill | 25 June 2025 | 25 June 2025 |
| Mental Health Bill [HL] | 9 June 2025 | 24 June 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 091c6d616b94.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 2 entries for Jen Craft: Shareholdings (1), Family members engaged in third-party lobbying (1). The most recent was registered on 28 August 2024. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Shares in Cavendish Consulting Limited
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
- Name of the company or partnership: Cavendish Consulting Limited
- Held jointly or on behalf of a spouse, partner, or dependent child: Held by my spouse
Alastair Craft employed as Lobbyist
- Job title or role: Director
- Name of employer: Cavendish Consulting
- Name of the family member acting as a lobbyist: Alastair Craft
- Who the family member is directly related to: Related to member directly
- Nature of relationship: Spouse
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £158,334 for Jen Craft in 2024-25 against a budget of £198,653. Office costs came to £31,290 of a £33,037 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £158,333.64 |
| Office costs: spent | £31,289.66 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £3,891.00 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,037, staffing £198,653, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Thurrock BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Personal Assistant (permanent full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Jen Craft voted in the House of Commons: 498 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 44 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 15 October 2026, was a No on "Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 35 written questions from Jen Craft since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Education; Department for Science, Innovation and Technology; Department for Transport; Department of Health and Social Care.
Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance she provides to secondary schools on the identification of speech and language needs in children entering the school from primary education.
Internet: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help protect children online.
Sign Language: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025 to question 91065, what tools have been or are being assessed to deliver Artificial Intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
Department for Transport: Sign Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025 to question 91075, how much has been spent on the display of (1) on-screen human interpreters and (2) artificial intelligence creations of British Sign Language at rai …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Sign Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2025 to Question 91062, what projects involving the use of AI to create accessible content with regards to?British Sign Language have been approved …
Sign Language: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025 to question 91065, what engagement she has undertaken with BSL signers regarding Artificial Intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
Sign Language: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025 to question 91065, for what identified needs is she considering whether Artificial Intelligence approaches to British Sign Language might form a solution.
Department of Health and Social Care: Sign Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2025 to question 91186, what steps he will take to engage with BSL signers to assess the suitability of products which use Artificial Intelligence approaches t …
Health Services and Social Services: British Sign Language Advisory Board
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made for the potential implications for his policies of the BSL Advisory Board report on Health and Social Care, published on 27 November 2025.
NHS: Hearing Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure greater deaf awareness among frontline NHS staff.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 d8cea5c6398b. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Jen Craft.
2024 general election
Jen Craft won Thurrock at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 16,050 votes (42.7%), a majority of 6,474 over Sophie Preston-Hall (Reform UK). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Thurrock figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.