"THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED ME AND LABOUR, AND VOTED FOR CHANGE. THE HARD WORK STARTS NOW, AND THERE'S SUCH A LOT TO DO!"

Labour's plan for Britain & Cornwall

"Labour has a plan for Britain and I have a plan for Truro and Falmouth"

Answering your emails during the election campaign

As you know, I always try to answer emails, some quicker than others due to the complexity of the issues raised.

However, during the election campaign, I have received many hundreds of emails, often about excellent causes, from individuals using the text and email address of campaigning organisations. If (and only if) the person gives their own email address or a postal address, I can reply but usually the organisation has used an address which does not accept replies.

I have been trying to reply to all the correspondence I have, but due to the vagaries of the 'junk' email folder and the sheer volume, I may take some time to get round to all of them.

Seeing how Falmouth Harbour could be deployed for floating offshore wind

Campaigning in Truro

The announcement of the General Election

Jayne's responds on 22 May to the announcement of the 4th July General Election

Jayne was elected to Parliament on 4th July as the MP for Truro & Falmouth.

"In my role as Labour’s Group Leader at Cornwall Council I have:

Won the first ever successful budget challenge at Cornwall Council, investing £3.5 million in mental healthcare for young people
Secured policies at Cornwall Council to ensure that our money is spent locally wherever possible and on organisations that benefit our people and environment.
Supported the Ethical Care Charter in Cornwall, which improves the pay, terms and conditions of Cornish care workers.
Chaired the Pensions Committee and introduced a new Responsible Investment Policy which commits to drastically cut the amounts our Local Government Pension Fund invests in carbon.
Set up a fund so that 5% of Cornish workers’ pensions are invested in affordable housing and renewable energy in Cornwall.
Shaped Labour Party housing policy at last year’s national conference

I know there is so much more to be done in Truro and Falmouth, so much more that an effective and hard working Labour MP could achieve.

I live and work in this constituency. After qualifying as a lawyer, I worked as a Trade Union and Employment Rights solicitor, representing people at work for more than a decade, before I married and moved to the west country.

Then, as a single parent, I put my skills to good use, volunteering at the Cornwall Citizens Advice Bureau when my son was small and then working as a teaching assistant at Falmouth School for nearly 7 years while he was in school."

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Jayne's campaign video:

"I have the local profile, track record, team & sheer will to win this seat for Labour."

Jayne's top 3 priorities for Truro & Falmouth

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1. TACKLING CORNWALL'S HOUSING CRISIS

I have a proven record of pressuring both local and national government, and the Labour Party leadership on the housing crisis we face in Truro & Falmouth our professional history.

2. SAVING CORNWALL'S NHS AND SOCIAL CARE

In 2019, I proposed and won an alternative budget to put £3.5 million towards mental healthcare in schools, the first ever successful budget challenge of this Council.

3. A NEW GREEN ECONOMY AND JOBS FOR CORNWALL

Getting Cornwall Council to declare a Climate Emergency and commit to 2030 carbon neutrality was a high profile Labour victory

Support from Co-op Party, Unions & Labour groups

"Our members have nominated @JayneKirkham4 as their official candidate in Truro and Falmouth!"

UNISON backs Jayne Kirkham for Truro and Falmouth

Jayne's profile in the media

You voted for Change electing Jayne as your MP

There is a clear choice at this election in Truro and Falmouth. Labour ran a close second to the Conservatives here at the last 2 elections with only just over 4,500 votes in it in 2019 and other parties trailing a long way behind.

I live in Falmouth with my son. I’ve been a lawyer acting for working people, a teaching assistant at Falmouth School and I am now a Cornwall Councillor representing people locally since 2018. I stood for Parliament once before in 2017 in Truro and Falmouth and came very close to winning.

I'm campaigning to be your local MP for Truro and Falmouth, running surgeries, listening to people here and representing your concerns in Westminster. I want to be part of the government that restores stability and prosperity to the country, so we can fix the things that aren't working in Cornwall. We need more genuinely affordable housing for local people; to get our NHS and social care back on its feet and to clean up our rivers and seas. We also need to invest in a new green economy so that the good jobs and skills training are there for our young people. Labour have policies that are deliverable, fully-funded and ready to go, to give working people, businesses and communities the certainty that they need.

I want to be that loud voice in Westminster so that the people in Truro and Falmouth are heard; we have more power to make decisions about Cornwall in Cornwall; and there is real change here.

Asking for people’s trust is a huge thing and I know that a lot of people are unsure what to do and are thinking of voting differently this time. I will respect that leap of faith and will work constantly to justify it, if I am fortunate enough to get the chance.