Jerome Mayhew | |
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Shadow Minister for Business and Trade | |
Assumed office 19 July 2024 | |
Leader | Rishi Sunak |
Member of Parliament for Broadland and Fakenham | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Keith Simpson |
Majority | 719 (1.4%) |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 April 1970 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Relations | Patrick Mayhew (father) |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh Cranfield University |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | www |
Jerome Patrick Burke Mayhew (born 11 April 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Broadland and Fakenham since 2019. [1] He has been Shadow Minister for Business and Trade since July 2024. [2]
Jerome Mayhew was born on 11 April 1970. He is the son of Patrick Mayhew (latterly Baron Mayhew of Twysden),a former Conservative cabinet minister,and the Reverend Jean Elizabeth Mayhew OBE. He was privately educated at Tonbridge School,and then studied at University of Edinburgh (where he received an MA Hons) and Cranfield University. He was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1995,and until 2006 worked in practice as a barrister,based at 1 Temple Gardens.
He was a director of the Go Ape (Adventure Forest Ltd) adventure park company from 2006 to 2009,and its managing director from 2009 to 2018. [1] [3]
Mayhew was selected as the Conservative candidate for Broadland in November 2019. [4] At the 2019 general election,Mayhew was elected to Parliament as MP for Broadland with 59.6% of the vote and a majority of 21,861. [5]
Mayhew is a member of the Environmental Audit Committee,and was elected to it in 2020. [6] He supports the use of offshore wind farms in East Anglia. In reference to the wind projects Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas he says,"offshore wind projects like these are essential to ensure that we can maintain a reliable supply chain and job opportunities this project will bring to East Anglia." [7]
In December 2021,plans were submitted for an asylum seeker processing facility to be set up in Broadland which would house up to 200 lone-male asylum seekers while their applications were assessed. [8] There was strong local opposition to this move and Mayhew joined with residents to launch a campaign against this application on the basis that the site was too remote and wholly unsuitable for asylum seekers. [9] After extensive lobbying with the Home Office by Mayhew and his residents,the plans were dropped and the Home Office conceded to their campaign. [10]
In January 2022,Mayhew was appointed to sit as a British Delegate for the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy on the Council of Europe. [11] Mayhew's work on the Council of Europe has included supporting the expulsion of Russia from the Council in response to their invasion of Ukraine. In March,Mayhew became a member of the Backbench Business Committee and in the July he was appointed as a member to the Public Accounts Commission in Parliament. [12]
In 2023,Mayhew was made Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Jeremy Hunt,Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom.
Mayhew was re-elected as MP for Broadland and Fakenham at the 2024 general election with a decreased vote share of 33.0% and majority of 719. [13]
In 2001,Mayhew married Kate Louise;the couple have a son and two daughters. He lists his recreations in Who's Who as sailing and Ireland. He is a member of the South Cork Sailing and Royal Harwich Yacht clubs. [1]
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