Jerome Mayhew.

A near-perfect party loyalist with one notable exception: in November 2024, Mayhew voted with Labour to support the Tobacco and Vapes Bill at Second Reading, backing a generational ban on cigarette sales — breaking from the Conservative majority in the only rebel vote on his record. More recently, he has been active on defence, serving as a teller for the Conservative motion on defence spending and military readiness in June 2026, and voting to protect veteran railcard discounts within the Railways Bill — a cause he has also raised in speeches.

At 72% voting participation, Mayhew falls a little below the Commons average. His 845 contributions across 194 debates put him firmly in active territory, with the economy, transport, and local government dominating his speech record. He votes with Conservative colleagues 99.8% of the time. He consistently opposes worker protections and progressive taxation, backs parliamentary scrutiny and Lords oversight, and supports business interests. On climate, he is marginally more supportive than the Conservative average — and he opposed a Norfolk solar farm in 2026, suggesting a preference for renewable energy that does not come at the cost of farmland.

On constituency work, local news coverage captures several concrete interventions: advocacy for a permanent Post Office in Fakenham (achieved by September 2025), campaigning to protect funding for a new local swimming pool, and vocal opposition to the Budget's impact on Norfolk businesses. His news sentiment across 61 articles in the past 90 days averages close to neutral, covering culture, crime, and local government. Mayhew sits on the Committee of Selection, which deals with the composition of parliamentary committees rather than policy scrutiny.