Bernard Jenkin
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Constituency | Essex North |
Served | 1992 — present |
Majority | 10,903 (22.7%) |
Political Party | Conservative |
Portfolio | Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party |
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.[1]
Bernard Jenkin was educated at Highgate School, William Ellis School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a Choral Exhibition and gained an honours degree in English Literature. He was President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1982.
Jenkin is Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Essex North, and has been MP since 1992. He was one of the Maastricht rebels. His father is the British politician and life peer Patrick, Lord Jenkin of Roding, and is a descendant of the scientist Fleeming Jenkin.
[edit] External links
- Bernard Jenkin MP official website
- Bernard Jenkin CV
- Bernard Jenkin MP biography at the site of the Conservative Party
- ePolitix.com – Bernard Jenkin
- Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Bernard Jenkin MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com – Bernard Jenkin MP
- The Public Whip – Bernard Jenkin MP voting record
- BBC News – Bernard Jenkin profile 10 February, 2005
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