Jerome Patrick Burke Mayhew is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Broadland and Fakenham since 2019. He has served as Shadow Solicitor General since September 2026.
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Early life and career
Jerome 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 was privately educated at Tonbridge School, and then studied at University of Edinburgh (where he received an MA Hons) and Cranfield University. He was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1995, and 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.
Parliamentary career
Mayhew was selected as the Conservative candidate for Broadland in November 2019. At the 2019 general election, Mayhew was elected to Parliament as MP for Broadland with 59.6% of the vote and a majority of 21,861.
Mayhew is a member of the Environmental Audit Committee, and was elected to it in 2020. He supports the use of offshore wind farms in East Anglia. In reference to the wind projects Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas he says, "offshore wind projects like these are essential to ensure that we can maintain a reliable supply chain and job opportunities this project will bring to East Anglia."