MP left concussed after ‘swinging on office chair’
A TORY MP suffered whiplash and concussion after falling off her chair during a meeting.
Andrea Jenkyns joked it would be ‘the last time I swing on a chair’ after ending up in hospital with her head in a brace.
The MP was leaning back during the meeting with staff in her constituency when the chair slipped, causing her to hit her head on a radiator.
Miss Jenkyns, who beat former Labour education secretary Ed Balls to win the Morley and Outwood seat in West Yorkshire in 2015, disclosed details of the accident on social media.
Posting a picture of her brace on Twitter, she said: ‘That’s the last time I swing on my chair during a meeting! Whiplash and concussion. Thanks so much to all the wonderful staff at LGI (Leeds General Infirmary). #AccidentProneTuesday.’
Hundreds replied to the post on Tuesday, with many wishing her well – although others poked fun.
One user, Matthew Stewart, referred to her Brexiteer campaigning, saying: ‘I always think it is better to make an orderly and well planned exit from a chair rather than crash out.’
Miss Jenkyns, 45, later paid tribute to ‘brilliant’ NHS staff and the quick-thinking staff who got her to a local minor injuries unit.
She told the Yorkshire Post: ‘I was in a meeting with my team and leaning back on my chair, which slipped causing me to hit the back of my head on the corner of a radiator as I fell.
‘A member of my team then took me to a local emergency drop-in centre and after an assessment, I was taken to Leeds General Infirmary (no blue lights) for a scan.
‘Fortunately the scan was clear and I’ve just got whiplash and concussion. Thankfully nothing more serious – and a warning not to swing on chairs!’
Former music teacher Miss Jenkyns, a mother-of-one who is married to fellow Tory MP Jack Lopresti, served in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government before standing down last year to focus on fighting for Brexit.