Jerome Mayhew | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister for Business and Trade | |
| In office 20 July 2024 – 6 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak |
| Shadow Transport Minister | |
| Assumed office 8 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Kemi Badenoch |
| Opposition Whip | |
| Assumed office 20 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Kemi Badenoch |
| Member of Parliament forBroadland and Fakenham | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Keith Simpson |
| Majority | 719 (1.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1970-04-11)11 April 1970 (age 54) |
| 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 BritishConservative Party politician who has been theMember of Parliament (MP) forBroadland and Fakenham since2019.[1] He briefly served as Shadow Minister for Business and Trade between July and November 2024 under Rishi Sunak, and has been Shadow Transport Minister and Opposition Whip under Kemi Badenoch since November 2024.[2][3]
Jerome Mayhew was born on 11 April 1970. He is the son ofPatrick Mayhew (latterly Baron Mayhew of Twysden), a former Conservative cabinet minister, and the Reverend Jean Elizabeth MayhewOBE. He was privately educated atTonbridge School, and then studied atUniversity of Edinburgh (where he received an MA Hons) andCranfield University. He wascalled to the Bar atMiddle Temple in 1995, and until 2006 worked in practice as abarrister, based at 1Temple Gardens.
He was a director of theGo Ape (Adventure Forest Ltd) adventure park company from 2006 to 2009, and its managing director from 2009 to 2018.[1][4]
Mayhew was selected as the Conservative candidate forBroadland in November 2019.[5] At the2019 general election, Mayhew was elected to Parliament as MP for Broadland with 59.6% of the vote and a majority of 21,861.[6]
Mayhew is a member of theEnvironmental Audit Committee, and was elected to it in 2020.[7] He supports the use of offshore wind farms inEast 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."[8]
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.[9] Mayhew campaigned against this application on the basis that the site was too remote and unsuitable for asylum seekers.[10] The plans were dropped and the Home Office conceded to their campaign.[11]
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.[12] Mayhew's work on the Council of Europe has included supporting the expulsion of Russia from the Council in response totheir 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 thePublic Accounts Commission in Parliament.[13]
In 2023, Mayhew was madeParliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom.
Mayhew was re-elected as MP forBroadland and Fakenham at the2024 general election with a decreased vote share of 33.0% and majority of 719.[14]
In 2001, Mayhew married Kate Louise; the couple have a son and two daughters. He lists his recreations inWho'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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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forBroadland 2019–present | Incumbent |
