Education
Jenkyns has a degree in International Relations and Politics from the University of Lincoln and a diploma in Economics from the Open University.
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Jenkyns" recent jobs have included working as a secondary school music teacher and as an executive with a management training company. As an opera soprano singer performing in Islamabad, she met the Prime Minister of Pakistan and recorded a music video in Asia for her song "The Beach". She has raised funds for charities including Macmillan and Wish upon a Star.
Jenkyns entered public service as a Lincolnshire County Councillor for Boston North West after a contest against the Banque Nationale de Paris. She was selected to contest the Morley and Outwood parliamentary seat as the Conservative candidate after an open primary.
In the 2015 general election, she was elected with a slim majority of 422 votes, unseating Editor Balls in the process. From July 2015 she sat on the Health Select Committee.
Jenkyns is a Trustee and the Regional Representative (Voluntary) for the charity MRSA Action United Kingdom, having joined following the death of her father from the superbug MRSA.
Membership
56th United Kingdom Parliament]
She has been the Member of Parliament for Morley and Outwood since May 2015 after beating shadow chancellor Editor Balls.
