Baroness Anne Jenkin (nee Strutt). Husband is Bernard Jenkin MP for Harwich and North Essex.
Reluctant politician. Conservative whip. Member of the House of Lords since January 2011.
For charity work (Patron, Restless Development, Former Trustee UNICEF UK, currently Trustee WRAP, Cool Earth, Feeding Britain, Fawcett Society and Henry Oldfield Trust).
Twitter feed says ‘surprised to be a Peer. Hates waste of all kinds. Founder – and currently chair - with Theresa May of Women2Win (campaign to get more Conservative women MPs elected). Founding Chancellor Writtle University College. Likes happy endings and a good laugh’.
Founder Conservative Friends of International Development.
Has served on a number of Select Committees, most recently Intergenerational Fairness. Active in a number of APPGs.
Badly, (but expensively) educated.
Gets stuff done, rattles cages, wings it much of the time and suffers from Imposter Syndrome.