Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP: votes, interests and costs
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter represents Suffolk Coastal in the House of Commons for Labour. The Members API lists the post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) from 22 July 2026.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists one current post for Jenny Riddell-Carpenter.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 22 July 2026 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| City of London (Markets) Bill | 18 March 2026 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee | 28 October 2024 | 7 September 2026 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 4b0f99c1c269.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, as the MP registered them: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (6), Family members engaged in third-party lobbying (1), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Miscellaneous (1). Latest registration 23 April 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Kevin Craig - £5,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: To support Suffolk Coastal Constituency Labour Party activities.
- Value of the benefit: £5,000.00
- Name of the donor: Kevin Craig
- Status of the donor: Individual
Matthew Riddell- Carpenter employed as Lobbyist
- Job title or role: Director
- Name of employer: Appleby Solutions LTD
- Name of the family member acting as a lobbyist: Matthew Riddell- Carpenter
- Who the family member is directly related to: Related to member directly
- Nature of relationship: Spouse
Countryside Alliance - £3,500.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Donation of £2500 for recruiter of focus groups and £1000 for coordinator of focus groups as part of research for a Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG) report. Donations were paid directly to the focus group companies
- Value of the benefit: £3,500.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-12-17
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-12-17
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-12-24
- Name of the donor: Countryside Alliance
Susan Clare Parsons - £8,250.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair
- Value of the benefit: £8,250.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-02-23
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-02-23
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-08-22
- Name of the donor: Susan Clare Parsons
Anthony Trevor Langham - £8,250.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair
- Value of the benefit: £8,250.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-02-23
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-02-23
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-08-22
- Name of the donor: Anthony Trevor Langham
Anthony Trevor Langham - £390.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: two tickets with hospitality for Ascot races for Jenny Riddell-Carpenter. Each ticket value £195
- Value of the benefit: £390.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-10-18
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-10-18
- Name of the donor: Anthony Trevor Langham
- Status of the donor: Individual
Susan Clare Parsons - £8,250.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair
- Value of the benefit: £8,250.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-08-04
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-08-04
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-02-03
- Name of the donor: Susan Clare Parsons
Anthony Trevor Langham - £8,250.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: In-kind support provided via Lansons, covering 50% of the salary costs of a staff member supporting the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), of which I am the Chair
- Value of the benefit: £8,250.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-08-04
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-08-04
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-02-03
- Name of the donor: Anthony Trevor Langham
I was elected as Chair of the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), a formally constituted group within the Labour Party focused on rural policy development and advocacy. This is an unpaid role. I provide strategic direction for the group and oversee its external engagement and staffing support arrangements.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-06-09
- The type of interest: Formal role with a party organisation
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 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 £130,675 for Jenny Riddell-Carpenter in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. Office costs came to £30,222 of a £30,426 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 | £130,674.69 |
| Office costs: spent | £30,222.13 |
| Accommodation: spent | £11,378.03 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £5,201.89 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £14,750 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property outside the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Suffolk Coastal CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Caseworker (casual), Executive Office Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker (casual), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Communications Officer (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Administrative Officer (permanent part time), Intern (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Jenny Riddell-Carpenter voted in the House of Commons: 488 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 41 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 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter has tabled 187 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Department for Transport; and others.
5G: Rural Areas
?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the accuracy of reported 5G coverage in rural areas.
Environmental Land Management Schemes: Common Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Rural Payments Agency plans to introduce an interim solution allow common land to enter (a) Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier and (b) the Sustainable Farming Incentive, p …
New Homes Ombudsman
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make membership of a New Homes Ombudsman mandatory for housing developers.
Sustainable Farming Incentive: Land Use
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to put in place a mechanism that would allow common land to be entered into Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agreements for 2026.
Poverty: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on developing a cross-government strategy to help tackle rural poverty.
East Suffolk Line: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of freight operations associated with Sizewell C on (a) passenger capacity, (b) journey times and (c) service frequency on the East Suffolk …
Renewables Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has considered the potential merits of time-limited transitional support mechanism for generators currently supported through the Renewables Obligation, including to help safeguard …
Renewables Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the closure of plants currently supported under the Renewables Obligation from April 2027 on business continuity, jobs …
Universal Credit: Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Universal Credit claimant count has been in (a) Leiston and (b) the IP16 postcode area in each month since January 2022.
Sizewell C Power Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether any review was undertaken of the mitigation package secured through the Sizewell C Deed of Obligation following the increase in the project’s estimated cost.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 628087ef1473. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Suffolk Coastal returned Jenny Riddell-Carpenter with a majority of 1,070: 15,672 votes, 31.7% of those cast, against 14,602 for Thérèse Coffey. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Suffolk Coastal 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.