Andrea Jenkyns
Andrea Jenkyns | |
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Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills | |
| In office 9 July 2022 – 25 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss |
| Preceded by | Michelle Donelan |
| Succeeded by | Robert Halfon |
| Member of Parliament for Morley and Outwood | |
| In office 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Ed Balls |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of Lincolnshire County Council for Boston North West | |
| In office 4 June 2009 – 2 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Bakewell |
| Succeeded by | Tiggs Keywood-Wainwright |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 June 1974 Beverley, Humberside, England |
| Political party | Reform UK (from 2024) |
| Other political affiliations | Conservative (until 2024) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence(s) | London, England |
| Alma mater | University of Lincoln (BA) Open University (Dip) |
| Website | Official website |
Dame Andrea Marie Jenkyns DBE (born 16 June 1974) is a British politician who has been the Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire since May 2025. A member of the Reform UK party, she was previously the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Morley and Outwood in West Yorkshire, England from 2015 to June 2024.
Jenkyns was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Morley and Outwood at the 2015 general election, defeating Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls. She was an advocate for the Eurosceptic organisation Leave Means Leave and a strong critic of Theresa May's handling of Brexit during her leadership of the Conservative Party. Jenkyns served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills from July to October 2022, as part of the governments of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. She was later dismissed by the following Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak. She failed to win re-election to the successor seat of Leeds South West and Morley at the 2024 general election.
Jenkyns was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2023 in the Resignation Honours List of former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
She left the Conservative Party for Reform UK in November 2024, announcing her candidacy for Reform in the 2025 election for the newly created Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire.