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Bernard Christison Jenkin (born 9 April 1959) is a politician in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. He was Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
, and had responsibility for candidates until 7 November 2006 when this role was given to John Maples
John Maples

John Cradock Maples is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was Member of Parliament for Lewisham West from 1983 until he lost the seat at the United Kingdom general election, 1992....
.

in was educated at Highgate School
Highgate School

Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate is a British Independent School in Highgate, London, England. It is a member of both the Headmaster's Conference and the Eton Group....
, William Ellis School
William Ellis School

William Ellis School Language College is a United Kingdom secondary comprehensive school for boys in Highgate, London.William Ellis was a public-spirited businessman who, in the mid-nineteenth century, founded a number of schools, and inspired many teachers to promote his educational ideas....
 (also in Highgate
Highgate

Highgate is a village in North London on the north-eastern corner of Hampstead Heath. Highgate rises to an altitude of at Highgate Wood and at North Hill....
) and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Corpus Christi College is a College of the University of Cambridge. It is notable for being the only college to have been founded by Cambridge townspeople, having been founded in 1352 by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary....
, where he was awarded a Choral Exhibition and gained an BA
Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin language Artium Baccalaureus, is an Undergraduate education bachelor's degree awarded for either a course or a program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
 honours degree in English literature
English literature

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 in 1982.






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Bernard Christison Jenkin (born 9 April 1959) is a politician in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. He was Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
, and had responsibility for candidates until 7 November 2006 when this role was given to John Maples
John Maples

John Cradock Maples is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was Member of Parliament for Lewisham West from 1983 until he lost the seat at the United Kingdom general election, 1992....
.

Early life

Jenkin was educated at Highgate School
Highgate School

Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate is a British Independent School in Highgate, London, England. It is a member of both the Headmaster's Conference and the Eton Group....
, William Ellis School
William Ellis School

William Ellis School Language College is a United Kingdom secondary comprehensive school for boys in Highgate, London.William Ellis was a public-spirited businessman who, in the mid-nineteenth century, founded a number of schools, and inspired many teachers to promote his educational ideas....
 (also in Highgate
Highgate

Highgate is a village in North London on the north-eastern corner of Hampstead Heath. Highgate rises to an altitude of at Highgate Wood and at North Hill....
) and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Corpus Christi College is a College of the University of Cambridge. It is notable for being the only college to have been founded by Cambridge townspeople, having been founded in 1352 by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary....
, where he was awarded a Choral Exhibition and gained an BA
Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin language Artium Baccalaureus, is an Undergraduate education bachelor's degree awarded for either a course or a program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
 honours degree in English literature
English literature

The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian, V.S....
 in 1982. He was President of the Cambridge Union Society
Cambridge Union Society

The Cambridge Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Cambridge Union, is a Debate society in Cambridge, England and is the largest society at the University of Cambridge....
 in 1982. He worked for Ford
Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
 and the private equity
Private equity

In finance, private equity is an asset class consisting of Stock securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....
 company 3i
3i

3i Group PLC is a leading venture capital and private equity firm. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index....
. He was Manager of from 1989-92. From 1992-5, he was an advisor to Legal & General Group plc
Legal & General

Legal & General Group Plc is a United Kingdom based financial services company that provides life insurance, health insurance and other insurance, as well as pensions and investments....
.

Parliamentary career

He contested Glasgow Central
Glasgow Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Central is a United Kingdom constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . In its current form, the constituency was first used in the United Kingdom general election, 2005, but there was also a Glasgow Central constituency from 1885 to 1997....
 in 1987
United Kingdom general election, 1987

The United Kingdom general election of 1987 was held on 11 June 1987 and was the third consecutive victory for the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher....
, and at the 1992 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1992

The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party .John Major had won the Conservative Party leadership election, 1990 in November 1990 succeeding the outgoing PM Margaret Thatcher....
 he was elected as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 (MP) for Colchester North
Colchester North (UK Parliament constituency)

Colchester North was a borough constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997....
. When that constituency was abolished for MP for the 1997 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1997

The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. The Labour Party won the general election in a landslide victory with 418 seats, the most seats the party has ever held....
, he was returned to the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 for the newly-re-established North Essex
North Essex (UK Parliament constituency)

North Essex is a United Kingdom constituencies represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
 constituency, and has held the seat since then.

In John Major
John Major

Sir John Major, Order of the Garter, Order of the Companions of Honour, Chartered Institute of Bankers , was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom and Leaders of the Conservative and Unionist Party of the Conservative Party during 1990 to 1997....
's 1992-1997 government, Jenkin was one of the "Maastricht rebels
Maastricht Rebels

The Maastricht Rebels were British Member of Parliament belonging to the then governing Conservative Party who refused to support the government of John Major in a series of votes in the British House of Commons on the issue of the implementation of the Maastricht Treaty in British law....
" who defied the party whip
Whip (politics)

Whip is a role in party-based politics whose primary purpose is to ensure control of the formal decision-making process in a parliamentary legislature....
 to oppose the Maastricht treaty
Maastricht Treaty

The Maastricht Treaty was signed on 7 February 1992 in Maastricht, the Netherlands after final negotiations on December 9, 1991 between the members of the European Community and entered into force on 1 November 1993 during the Delors Commission....
.

William Hague
William Hague

William Jefferson Hague is a United Kingdom politician. He is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Richmond , Shadow Foreign Secretary and Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet ....
 appointed him Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (1998-2001). He has also served as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (2001-2003) under Iain Duncan Smith
Iain Duncan Smith

George Iain Duncan Smith Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a British politician. He is the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green ....
 and as Shadow Regions Secretary (2003-2005) for Michael Howard
Michael Howard

Michael Howard Queen's Counsel is a British politician, a Conservative Member of Parliament since the United Kingdom general election, 1983 for the constituency of Folkestone and Hythe ....
. He has also been Shadow Energy Minister.

Bernard Jenkin's political interests include foreign affairs, defence, terrorism and security, home affairs, business and the future of the EU.

Family

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

Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin was Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, remarkable for his versatility. Known to the world as the inventor of telpherage, he was an electrician and cable engineer, a lecturer, linguist, critic, actor, dramatist and artist....
.

External links

  • official website
  • biography at the site of the Conservative Party
  • voting record
  • profile 20 June, 2006


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