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'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]

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Early life

Parliamentary career

Family

External links

Video clips

News items

Early life

Jenkin was educated at Highgate School, William Ellis School (also in Highgate) and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a Choral Exhibition and gained an BA honours degree in English literature in 1982. He was President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1982. He worked for Ford and the private equity company 3i. He was Manager of Legal & General Ventures from 1989-92. From 1992-5, he was an advisor to Legal & General Group plc.

Parliamentary career

He contested Glasgow Central in 1987, and at the 1992 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Colchester North. When that constituency was abolished for MP for the 1997 general election, he was returned to the House of Commons for the newly-re-established North Essex constituency, and has held the seat since then.
In John Major's 1992-1997 government, Jenkin was one of the "Maastricht rebels" who defied the party whip to oppose the Maastricht treaty.

Family

He married in 1988 and has two sons. His father is the British politician and life peer Patrick, Lord Jenkin of Roding, and is a descendant of the scientist Fleeming Jenkin.

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 20 June, 2006

Video clips

★ With Anne Widdecombe

News items

★ 2006 reshuffle

★ Calling a spade a spade gets him in hot water

★ Laptop stolen in 2002