Overview
Jerome Patrick Burke Mayhew (born 11 April 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Broadland in Norfolk since the 2019 general election.
Early life and career
Mayhew is the son of Patrick Mayhew (latterly Baron Mayhew of Twysden), a former Conservative cabinet minister, and the Reverend Jean Elizabeth Mayhew OBE. He studied at Tonbridge School, University of Edinburgh (where he received an MA Hons) and Cranfield University. He was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1995, and from that year until 2006, worked in practice as a barrister, based at 1 Temple Gardens.
He was a director of the Go Ape (Adventure Forest Ltd) adventure park company from 2006 to 2009, and its managing director from 2009 to 2018.
Political career
He was selected as the Conservative candidate for the safe seat of Broadland in November 2019, after the former MP, Keith Simpson, chose not to stand for re-election. He was elected to Parliament at the 2019 general election, and elected to the Environmental Audit Select Committee in 2020.
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