Office: | Member of Parliament for Truro and Falmouth |
Predecessor: | Cherilyn Mackrory |
Term Start: | 4 July 2024 |
Party: | Labour Co-operative |
Jayne Susannah Kirkham[1] is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Truro and Falmouth since 2024.[2] [3] She unseated the Conservative incumbent Cherilyn Mackrory.[4] Kirkham is the Labour group leader on Cornwall Council and represents Falmouth Penwerris ward.[5]
She contested the same seat in 2017, tripling the Labour vote and was narrowly defeated by the Conservative candidate Sarah Newton.[6]
Kirkham graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Southampton in 1994. She then studied at the University of Law.[7]