Robert Jenrick

Robert Jenrick

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Robert Edward Jenrick is an English politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Newark since the 2014 by-election. Elected as a member of the Conservative Party, he joined Reform UK in January 2026.

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Lean Right
Leadership rival Robert Jenrick is pushing a tougher line on immigration and the ECHR.
Jenrick appeals to the grassroots who want a clean break from the party's past failures.
Lean Right
Jenrick is running as the immigration hardliner in the Tory leadership contest, promising to cap legal migration and leave the ECHR.
Conservatives see him as a credible enforcer on borders but worry his anti-ECHR stance divides the party and alienates centrists.
Far Left
Reform UK's 'Honest Bob' announced policies to lift white British people, as satirised by John Crace.
Jenrick embodies the far-right nationalism that the radical left opposes, using race-based rhetoric to distract from class issues.
Lean Left
As Reform UK’s Treasury spokesperson, he announced plans to tear up a key plank of the Brexit deal and impose a new ‘migrant labour levy’ on companies employing foreign workers.
Labour criticises his proposals as economically damaging and divisive, representing an attempt to scapegoat foreign workers for economic problems.

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