Member of Parliament

Jerome Mayhew

Conservative MP for Broadland and Fakenham

Opposition Whip (Commons)·Shadow Minister (Transport)

At a glanceJerome Mayhew is a Conservative MP for Broadland and Fakenham, and has represented the seat for 6 years, 7 months. They currently serve as Opposition Whip (Commons). They have cast 324 votes in Commons divisions (56% attendance), tabled 542 written questions and registered 17 financial interests.

Votes cast324

Attendance56%

Voted Aye156

Voted No168

Voted with party100%

Rebellions0

Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Jerome Mayhew did not vote in 161. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.

Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Biographyfrom Parliament

Jerome Mayhew is the Conservative MP for Broadland and Fakenham, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.
He currently undertakes the roles of Shadow Minister (Transport), and Opposition Whip (Commons).

Current roles6 held

Committee of Selection Committee since 24 Mar 2026
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] Committee since 24 Jun 2025
Opposition Whip (Commons) Opposition post · Whips Office (Commons) since 20 Nov 2024
Shadow Minister (Transport) Opposition post · Department for Transport since 6 Nov 2024
Broadland and Fakenham Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Conservative Party since 12 Dec 2019

Voting recordlatest 15 shown

15 Jul 2026	Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots	No
15 Jul 2026	Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026	No
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19	Aye
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199	Aye
13 Jul 2026	Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	Aye
8 Jul 2026	Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026	No
8 Jul 2026	Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026	No
8 Jul 2026	Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026	No
7 Jul 2026	Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners	Aye
6 Jul 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1	No
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5	Aye
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4	Aye
1 Jul 2026	Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026	No
1 Jul 2026	Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026	No
23 Jun 2026	Opposition Day: Puberty blockers	Aye

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Voting alignmentmost and least similar MPs

Votes most like

Mims Davies Conservative 100.0% · 307 of 307 shared votes
Edward Argar Conservative 100.0% · 305 of 305 shared votes
Damian Hinds Conservative 100.0% · 304 of 304 shared votes
Dr Neil Hudson Conservative 100.0% · 302 of 302 shared votes
Dr Andrew Murrison Conservative 100.0% · 301 of 301 shared votes

Votes least like

Emily Thornberry Labour 1.1% · 2 of 187 shared votes
Michael Payne Labour 1.2% · 3 of 246 shared votes
Gen Kitchen Labour 1.7% · 5 of 287 shared votes
Bambos Charalambous Labour 1.7% · 4 of 241 shared votes
Kerry McCarthy Labour 1.8% · 5 of 271 shared votes

Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

From the official Register; shown as registered.

Employment and earnings1

Non-executive director

Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment1

Agreement - £3,000.00 (registered 7 Jan 2020)

Land and property (within or outside the UK)6

Property in Co Cork (registered 14 May 2024)
Residential in Suffolk (registered 7 Jan 2020)
Residential in London (registered 7 Jan 2020)
Residential in Norfolk (registered 7 Jan 2020)
Residential in Co Cork (registered 7 Jan 2020)
Agricultural in Suffolk (registered 7 Jan 2020)

Shareholdings2

Shares in Thorpe and Felthorpe Trust (registered 7 Jan 2020)
Shares in Walsingham Estate Co Ltd (beneficial interest) (registered 7 Jan 2020)

Miscellaneous7

Director of Walsingham Estate Properties 2024 Limited (registered 25 Feb 2026)
Director of Walsingham Estate Company 2024 Limited (registered 9 Mar 2026)
Unpaid director of Walsingham Estate Trading Ltd (registered 25 Feb 2026)
Unpaid director of Walsingham Estate Farming Ltd (registered 25 Feb 2026)
Unpaid director of Walsingham Estate Properties Ltd (registered 25 Feb 2026)
My shareholding in Adventure Forest Group Ltd (adventure leisure) was transferred into an employee ownership trust on 21 October 2021. As part of this agreement a value for my shareholding is scheduled to be repaid to me periodically over the next 10 years. (registered 25 Nov 2021)
Director of Walsingham Estate Company Ltd (farming, land and property management, retail and finance). I have not received any payment for this role. It will continue to be unpaid until further notice. (registered 6 Jul 2020)

Source: Register of Interests on parliament.uk.

Written questions542 tabled

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation 15 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take urgent steps to respond to Professor Hughes’ deadline for the Government to commit to a compensation scheme for women harmed by pelvic mesh and sodium valproate.

Awaiting an answer from the Department of Health and Social Care.

East West Rail Line: Rolling Stock 15 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 14 April 2026 to Question 124216, whether the final modifications have been delivered and tested on the trains that will be used on East West Rail from West Midlands Trains.

Awaiting an answer from the Department for Transport.

South Eastern Main Line: Mobile Broadband 13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 15380 on South Eastern Main Line: Mobile Broadband, what the names and locations are of the (a) 57 railway tunnels and (b) 12 Network Rail-managed stations inc

Awaiting an answer from the Department for Transport.

Rolling Stock 13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train operating company had the highest proportion of passenger services that were (a) cancelled because of rolling stock failures and (b) operated with fewer carriages than planned in the latest 12-month

Answer · 16 Jul 2026

The Department for Transport has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.

Rolling Stock 13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on how many passenger services operated by each train operating company were affected by defective passenger doors in each month since July 2024.

Answer · 16 Jul 2026

Rolling Stock 13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger services were cancelled due to rolling stock failure by each train operating company in each month since July 2024.

Answer · 16 Jul 2026

Aviation: Alternative Fuels 9 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 14435 on Aviation: Alternative Fuels, whether the cost-benefit analysis for the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate modelled the potential impact of SAF complianc

Answer · 14 Jul 2026

The Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate cost benefit analysis estimated the potential impact that SAF Mandate compliance costs could have on UK aviation demand. There was not a specific assessment of the demand impact on outbound leisure travel, or th...

British Transport Police: Railway Stations 9 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers were assigned to policing major rail interchange stations in each of the last five years; and if she will list the stations included in those figures.

Answer · 15 Jul 2026

British Transport Police have reported the following average full time equivalent number of police officers assigned to major rail interchange stations in each year:2022/23: 689.82023/24: 743.32024/25: 661.82025/26: 623.32026/27: 646.3 The stations includ...

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Speeches in the chamber1,335 on record

16 Jul 2026 Maritime Sector

I am very aware that this may be the last time I face these Ministers across the Dispatch Box, so I just want to say that from my perspective, they are a good bunch. I have really enjoyed it, and I wish each and every one of them the best …

15 Jul 2026 Engagements

Q7. Books are going to be written about how a Mayor of Manchester has managed to out-manoeuvre a sitting Prime Minister with a 170-seat majority and take the keys to No. 10. The Prime Minister appears to have been brought down by an ina…

15 Jul 2026 Livestock

Scotland’s beef breeding herd is in trouble; it is down 373,000 in the last decade. There are also declines in dairy cattle, pigs and chickens, which show that the industry is in distress. In her response, the Minister said that food secur…

15 Jul 2026 Livestock

8. What recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on Scottish livestock numbers.

13 Jul 2026 Topical Questions

Given the reports in the press of yet another U-turn being forced on the Government by revolting Back Benchers, does the Home Secretary still believe that the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain should be increased from five y…

13 Jul 2026 Topical Questions

T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

7 Jul 2026 Draft West Midlands Combined Authority (Key Route Network) (Amendment) Order 2026

I have already made clear that I think this is a sensible statutory instrument, and I am not proposing to oppose it. It is none the less a relevant consideration when considering devolution, of which this is a part, that we look at the wid…

7 Jul 2026 Draft West Midlands Combined Authority (Key Route Network) (Amendment) Order 2026

Thank you for agreeing to chair us today, Sir Desmond. May I take this first opportunity to apologise to all members of the Committee for my late attendance? I am afraid I was at the Bar of the House of Lords, listening to the noble Lord H…

7 Jul 2026 Future of British Horseracing

Like my hon. Friend, I am no expert on the racing world, but I am lucky enough to represent Fakenham racecourse. Does he recognise that the loss of a racecourse impacts not just the racing world but the community that hosts it, both in dir…

30 Jun 2026 Defence Investment Plan

It is quite clear the Secretary of State knows that we need to be spending a lot more on defence than he has been able to announce in the defence investment plan. In writing the DIP, what assumption did he make about the status and future …

22 Jun 2026 Pathways Study: Puberty Suppression

Despite all the safeguards and precautions that the Secretary of State has listed, we must be clear about what this trial actually does: it proposes to give puberty blockers to children as young as 11 that may well make them sterile for li…

22 Jun 2026 Apprenticeships

There is no correlation between what the Minister says and what is happening on the ground. In Broadland and Fakenham, in the last year the number of apprenticeships has dropped by 20%. It has not gone up; it has gone from 150, down to 120…

22 Jun 2026 Apprenticeships

3. What steps her Department is taking to support apprenticeships for young people.

11 Jun 2026 Compassionate Use Medicine Schemes: VAT

The Minister is responding to this urgent question because the Government have decided to charge VAT on donated medicines used for compassionate EAM schemes. The Minister says, “Well, that is not our fault—the scheme has been around for …

11 Jun 2026 Passenger Rail Services

The Minister refers to yesterday’s vote. Last night, he and his Secretary of State ordered Labour Members to vote against the protection of rail discounts for veterans and their families. He told us that the Government have “no plans” to c…

11 Jun 2026 Passenger Rail Services

Last night, the Secretary of State claimed that the arrival of the class 701s at South Western Railway was an example of what a nationalised railway could do. As she well knows, those trains were ordered back in 2017 by a private company f…

10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill

The Father of the House is nailing me down to a cast-iron assurance at the Dispatch Box. I am not in a position to do that, but I fully expect to be in this role in a future Government and look forward to the opportunity to encourage open …

10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill

My right hon. Friend rightly says that the needs of disabled passengers such as his constituent, whom he so ably represents, are very important. That is one performance indicator that the Government should impose on GBR, but is it not rid…

10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill

The hon. Member will be aware that I have already addressed that question in answer to one of his colleagues, but if international companies, whether state-owned or private, make a tender that is more attractive than any other operator app…

10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill

I stand to correct the hon. Gentleman: the most punctual is, I believe, Greater Anglia, which services my constituency, but the point he makes is a good one. The greater integration of track and train brings greater efficiencies and leads …

Source: contributions on parliament.uk.

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