Jennifer Craft[1] is a British Labour Party politician and former civil servant who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Thurrock since 2024.
[6][8] After Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the 2024 general election in May 2024, Craft said it was an opportunity for Labour to "unleash a decade of national renewal".
[11] In that month, she campaigned in the constituency with Starmer and Labour frontbenchers Liz Kendall and Yvette Cooper.
[2] Her husband is Alastair Craft, a consultant and Labour member who stood for the party in the 2024 Thurrock Council election.
[20][7][9] She is disabled, describing herself as having "long term mental health issues" in an interview from 2023, and is also a full-time caregiver for one of her children who has Down syndrome.