Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Jennifer Barbara Riddell-Carpenter is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal since 2024.
Early life
After spending her early childhood abroad for her parents' work, the family relocated to Martlesham Heath when Riddell-Carpenter was seven. She was privately educated at Woodbridge School, before going to Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Politics in 2008 and a Master of Arts in Islamic history in 2009, both from SOAS University of London. She later completed a Master of Business Administration at Henley Business School in 2017.She worked as Managing Director of Cratus Group, a PR agency, director of the Built Environment Communications Group, a manager at housing developer L&Q, and at other PR agencies like Four Communications and Bellenden, according to her LinkedIn page.
Riddell-Carpenter also served as an Army Reservist.