Terry Jermy | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Liz Truss |
Majority | 630 (1.4%) |
Mayor of Thetford | |
In office 10 May 2016 –9 May 2017 | |
Deputy | Denis Crawford |
Preceded by | Robert Kybird |
Succeeded by | Denis Crawford |
Norfolk County Councillor for Thetford West | |
In office 2 August 2013 –11 March 2025 | |
Preceded by | Peter Georgiou |
Succeeded by | Michael Westman |
Breckland District Councillor for Thetford Priory Thetford Burrell (2015–2023) Thetford Saxon (2011–2015) | |
In office 12 May 2011 –11 March 2025 | |
Preceded by | Pat Balaam |
Succeeded by | Michael Westman |
Thetford Town Councillor for Priory Burrell (2015–2023) Saxon (2008–2015) | |
Assumed office July 2008 | |
Preceded by | Gareth Pickering |
Personal details | |
Born | Terry James Jermy August 1985 (age 39–40) Thetford,Norfolk,England |
Political party | Labour |
Education | Charles Burrell Humanities School City College Norwich |
Website | terryjermy |
Terry James Jermy (born August 1985) is a British politician and journalist who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk since 2024. [1] A member of the Labour Party,he defeated former prime minister Liz Truss,who had represented the constituency since 2010. [2] Prior to becoming an MP,Jermy had also previously served on the Norfolk County Council,Breckland District Council and Thetford Town Council.
Jermy was born in August 1985 in Thetford,Norfolk. [3] [4] His father,Trevor,was a welder fabricator. [5] Jermy attended Charles Burrell Humanities School and City College Norwich. [6] He bought the About Thetford magazine from its previous owners in 2014 and served as its editor until his election to parliament,though he remains its owner. [7] [8]
In July 2008,Jermy was elected as a Labour Party councillor for Saxon ward (renamed Burrell ward in 2015) in a Thetford Town Council by-election. [6] He was re-elected to the town council in 2011. [9] That same year,Jermy was elected as a Labour councillor for the Thetford Saxon ward on the Breckland District Council. [10] In the 2013 Norfolk County Council election,Jermy stood as the Labour candidate for Thetford West,finishing in second place behind UKIP candidate Peter Georgiou by only one vote. [11] However,Georgiou resigned weeks later due to shoplifting accusations and Jermy won the seat in the August 2013 by-election. [12] [13]
He was re-elected to his now-renamed Thetford Burrell seat in the 2015 Breckland District Council election. [14] In May 2016,he was appointed Mayor of Thetford on a one-year term,becoming the first openly gay mayor of the town. [15] [16] He was succeeded as mayor by his deputy,UKIP councillor Denis Crawford,in May 2017. [17] Jermy retained his Thetford West seat in the 2017 Norfolk County Council election. [18] He was re-elected to both the district council and the town council in 2019. [19] [20] In the 2021 Norfolk County Council election,Jermy held his Thetford West seat. [21]
In 2023,Jermy was re-elected to the district council,now for Thetford Priory ward,and the town council,now for Priory ward. [22] [23] In February 2024,he was selected as the Labour candidate for South West Norfolk in the 2024 general election. [24] He received little support from the national Labour Party campaign and had to raise £15,000 for his local campaign via crowdfunding. [25] He won the seat in the general election with a majority of 630 votes and just over a quarter of the votes cast (26.7%),which was the lowest winning vote share in the general election. [1] [26] By winning the seat,Jermy unseated former Conservative prime minister Liz Truss,who had represented the seat since 2010,and became the first Labour MP for the constituency since Albert Hilton,who lost the seat in 1964. The Spectator labelled Jermy's victory "the Portillo moment of 2024". [27]
Jermy resigned from his county and district council positions in March 2025,but remains a town councillor. [28]
Jermy is gay. [16] His father,Trevor,passed away on 29 January 2023,aged 65,from stroke complications while in a medically-induced coma at West Suffolk Hospital. [5] Jermy was inspired by his father's death to run for a parliamentary seat. [29]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terry Jermy | 11,847 | 26.7 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Liz Truss | 11,217 | 25.3 | –43.4 | |
Reform UK | Toby McKenzie | 9,958 | 22.4 | New | |
Independent | James Bagge | 6,282 | 14.2 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Josie Ratcliffe | 2,618 | 5.9 | −2.4 | |
Green | Pallavi Devulapalli | 1,838 | 4.1 | +1.1 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Earl Elvis of East Anglia | 338 | 0.8 | −0.9 | |
Heritage | Gary Conway | 160 | 0.4 | New | |
Communist | Lorraine Douglas | 77 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 630 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 44,335 | 59.3 | –6.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +25.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Terry Jermy | 1,204 | 56.9 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Barbara Tullett | 720 | 34.0 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Callam | 101 | 4.8 | New | |
Independent | Philip Wagstaff | 91 | 4.3 | New | |
Majority | 484 | 22.9 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,137 | 22.2 | –4.7 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terry Jermy | 1,323 | 51.5 | +16.2 | |
Conservative | Jane James | 853 | 33.2 | +17.9 | |
UKIP | John Newton | 392 | 15.3 | −20.1 | |
Majority | 470 | 18.3 | +18.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,568 | 26.8 | +3.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +18.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terry Jermy | 1,071 | |||
UKIP | John Newton | 900 | |||
Conservative | Tristan Ashby | 282 | |||
Independent | Daniel Jeffrey | 78 | |||
Green | Sandra Walmsley | 40 | |||
Majority | 171 | ||||
Turnout | 2,371 | 24.6 | |||
Labour gain from UKIP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UKIP | Peter Georgiou | 814 | 35.4 | New | |
Labour | Terry Jermy | 813 | 35.4 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Tristan Ashby | 353 | 15.4 | −19.6 | |
CPA | Carl Clark | 134 | 5.8 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Jeffrey | 122 | 5.3 | −31.7 | |
Green | Sandra Walmsley | 64 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 1 | 0.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,300 | 23.8 | −3.7 | ||
UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +33.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terry Jermy | 629 | 56.6 | +19.1 | |
Labour | Mike Brindle | 551 | 49.6 | +4.8 | |
Independent | Ron Wood | 320 | 28.8 | New | |
No description | Gordon Margrie | 200 | 18.0 | New | |
No description | Mark Taylor | 199 | 17.9 | New | |
Turnout | 1,136 | 22.8 | |||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terry Jermy | 507 | 47.3 | ||
Labour | Chris Harvey | 400 | 37.3 | ||
UKIP | Denis Crawford | 236 | 22.0 | ||
Independent | Carla Barreto | 233 | 21.8 | New | |
Conservative | Mia Browne | 205 | 19.1 | ||
Conservative | Jason Smith | 188 | 17.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,092 | 26.2 | |||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from UKIP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terry Jermy | 905 | 39.5 | ||
UKIP | Denis Crawford | 828 | 36.2 | ||
Labour | Sadie Harvey | 680 | |||
Conservative | Gloria-Jean Bamber | 557 | 24.3 | ||
Conservative | Louise Sharman | 447 | |||
Turnout | 49.1 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
UKIP gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terry Jermy | 659 | 34.4 | ||
Labour | Sylvia Armes | 528 | |||
Conservative | Mark Robinson | 409 | 21.3 | ||
Labour | Yvonne Rout | 399 | |||
Conservative | Marion Chapman-Allen | 397 | |||
UKIP | Denis Crawford | 388 | 20.2 | ||
Conservative | Paul Kybird | 383 | |||
Independent | Bob Waple | 315 | |||
Green | Sandra Walmsley | 146 | |||
Turnout | 3,624 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |