Autographs of Roy Jenkins
Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead (11 November 1920 – 5 January 2003) was a British statesman and writer who served as President of the European Commission from 1977 to 1981. At various times a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Labour Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and a peer for the Liberal Democrats, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary under the Wilson and Callaghan governments.
The son of Arthur Jenkins, a coal-miner and Labour MP, Jenkins was educated at the University of Oxford and served as an intelligence officer during the Second World War. Initially elected as MP for Southwark Central in 1948, he moved to become MP for Birmingham Stechford in 1950. On the election of Harold Wilson after the 1964 election, Jenkins was appointed Minister of Aviation. A year later, he was promoted to the Cabinet to become Home Secretary. In this role, Jenkins embarked on a major reform programme; he sought to build what he described as "a civilised society", overseeing measures such as the effective abolition in Britain of both capital punishment and theatre censorship, the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality, relaxing of divorce law, suspension of birching and the liberalisation of abortion law.
Following the devaluation crisis in November 1967, Jenkins replaced James Callaghan as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Throughout his time at the Treasury, Jenkins oversaw a tight fiscal policy in an attempt to control inflation, and oversaw a particularly tough Budget in 1968 which saw major tax rises. As a result of this, the Government's current account entered a surplus in 1969. After Labour unexpectedly lost the 1970 election, Jenkins was elected as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in 1970. He resigned from the position in 1972 after the Labour Party decided to oppose Britain's entry to the European Communities, which he strongly supported. When Labour returned to power following the 1974 election, Wilson appointed Jenkins as Home Secretary for the second time. Two years later, when Wilson resigned as prime minister, Jenkins stood in the leadership election to succeed him, finishing third behind Michael Foot and the winner James Callaghan. He subsequently chose to resign from Parliament and leave British politics, to accept appointment as the first-ever (and so far, only) British President of the European Commission, a role he took up in January 1977.
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Traded items with a signature of Roy Jenkins
The most expensive item with a signature of Roy Jenkins (Soap-Box Evangelist - Jim Simmons SIGNED 1st Ed HB BOOK 1972 Labour Roy Jenkins) was sold in April 2025 for £104.71 while the cheapest item (Roy Jenkins Signed White Card) found a new owner for £0.99 in November 2019. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2013 with an average selling price of £6.25 for an autographed item of Roy Jenkins. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2020 with £26.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was June 2013. In average, an autographed item from Roy Jenkins is worth £6.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Roy Jenkins were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1992 Maastricht, Roy Jenkins MP, Ex Labour, Signed Letter, House of Lords Paper | £20.00 |  |
| 1992 Maastricht, Roy Jenkins MP, Ex Labour, Signed Letter, House of Lords Paper | £20.00 | |
| 1997/98 BENHAM ROY JENKINS SIGNED FIRST DAY NEW 50p COIN DOUBLE P/MARKED COVER | £9.99 | |
| 1997/98 BENHAM ROY JENKINS SIGNED FIRST DAY NEW 50p COIN DOUBLE P/MARKED COVER | £9.99 | |
| 1997/98 BENHAM ROY JENKINS SIGNED FIRST DAY NEW 50p COIN DOUBLE P/MARKED COVER | £9.99 | |
| Roy Jenkins - Liberal Democrat MP - Original Hand Signed Autograph | £7.95 | |
| Roy Jenkins - Liberal Democrat MP - Original Hand Signed Autograph | £7.95 | |
| ROY JENKINS AUTOGRAPH, Deceased, BRITISH POLITICS | £8.00 | |
| ROY JENKINS AUTOGRAPH, Deceased, BRITISH POLITICS | £8.00 | |
| ROY JENKINS AUTOGRAPH, Deceased, BRITISH POLITICS | £8.00 | |
| ROY JENKINS AUTOGRAPH, Deceased, BRITISH POLITICS | £8.00 | |
| Roy Jenkins, Former Chancellor, Mounted 30cm x 17cm 100% Hand Signed Card & COA | £14.99 | |
| Roy Jenkins, Former Chancellor, Mounted 30cm x 17cm 100% Hand Signed Card & COA | £14.99 | |
| Roy Jenkins, Founder of SDP, Signed Letter, Home Address Letterhead | £8.00 | |
| Roy Jenkins, Founder of SDP, Signed Letter, Home Address Letterhead | £8.00 | |
Latest News about Roy Jenkins
Safety-first Starmer must take more risks if he's to halt the spread of Tory blu (07/05/2021): It was the late Roy Jenkins in the run-up to the 1997 general election, who shrewdly compared Tony Blair to a man carrying a priceless Ming vase across a highly polished floor. 
