Bernard Jenkin

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The Honourable Sir Bernard Jenkin
Official portrait, 2019
Chair of the Liaison Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2020
Preceded by	Sarah Wollaston
Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee[a]
In office 10 June 2010 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	Tony Wright
Succeeded by	William Wragg
Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office 1 December 2005 – 7 November 2006 Serving with The Lord Ashcroft
Leader	Michael Howard David Cameron
Succeeded by	John Maples
Shadow portfolios Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change In office 10 May 2005 – 8 December 2005 Leader Michael Howard Shadow Secretary of State for the Regions In office 11 November 2003 – 6 May 2005 Leader Michael Howard Preceded by David Davis Succeeded by Caroline Spelman Shadow Secretary of State for Defence In office 18 September 2001 – 6 November 2003 Leader Iain Duncan Smith Preceded by Iain Duncan Smith Succeeded by Nicholas Soames Shadow Minister for Transport In office 19 June 1998 – 1 September 2001 Leader William Hague Preceded by Tim Yeo Succeeded by Eric Pickles
Member of Parliament for Harwich and North Essex North Essex (1997–2010) Colchester North (1992–1997)
In office 9 April 1992 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Antony Buck
Majority	20,182 (38.8%)
Personal details
Born	Bernard Christison Jenkin[1] (1959-04-09) 9 April 1959 (age 65) Wood Green, Middlesex, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Anne Strutt ​ (m. 1988)​
Children	2
Parent	Patrick Jenkin (father)
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (BA)

Sir Bernard Christison Jenkin (born 9 April 1959) is a British Conservative Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Harwich and North Essex since 2010. He also serves as chair of the Liaison Committee. He was first elected to represent Colchester North in 1992, and went on to represent North Essex before the Harwich and North Essex constituency was created.

Jenkin was elected chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee in May 2010. He is a longstanding critic of the European Union, believing that EU membership undermined the United Kingdom's national sovereignty, and he was one of the Maastricht Rebels during the premiership of John Major. In the 2016 EU referendum he supported Brexit and from 2017 he was one of the most vocal supporters of the Eurosceptic pressure group Leave Means Leave.

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