Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

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Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
MP
Official portrait of Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP crop 2.jpg
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Suffolk Coastal
Assumed office
4 July 2024

Jennifer Barbara Riddell-Carpenter [2] (née Riddell; born 1986) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal since 2024. [3]

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Early life

After spending her early childhood abroad for her parents' work, the family relocated to Martlesham Heath when Riddell-Carpenter was seven. [4] She was privately educated at Woodbridge School, before going to Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History and Politics in 2008 and a Master of Arts (MA) in Islamic history in 2009, both from SOAS University of London. She later completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Henley Business School in 2017. [5]

She worked as Managing Director of Cratus Group, a PR agency, director of the Built Environment Communications Group, a manager at housing developer L&Q, and at other PR agencies like Four Communications and Bellenden, according to her LinkedIn page. [6]

Riddell-Carpenter also served as an Army Reservist. [7]

Political career

As an MP, Riddell-Carpenter criticised proposed plans to build energy infrastructure to connect offshore wind power to the UK. [8] [9]

Personal life

Riddell-Carpenter is married to Matthew Riddell-Carpenter, who works in London social housing. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "CAVENDISH ADVOCACY LIMITED - Appointments". Companies House.
  2. ↑ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Suffolk Coastal - General election results 2024". BBC News.
  4. 1 2 Waller, Martin (22 March 2024). "Labour's Suffolk Coastal candidate controversy". East Anglia Bylines. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Jenny Riddell Carpenter - Managing Director (corporate Affairs And Advocacy) at Cratus Group". The Org. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Jenny Riddell-Carpenter". LinkedIn.
  7. ↑ https://www.forcesnews.com/services/tri-service/veterans-and-reservists-among-mps-winning-seat-general-election
  8. ↑ Abby Wallace and Nicholas Earl (18 November 2024). "The green vs. NIMBY split blowing up British politics". POLITICO.
  9. ↑ Bareham, Dominic (24 August 2024). "New Suffolk MP calls for an end to the 'piecemeal approach' to energy infrastructure". East Anglian Daily Times.