Gerald Jones, MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
Gerald Jones has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill; Welsh Affairs Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Whip (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Scotland) (Scotland Office) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Wales) (Wales Office) | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Shadow Minister (Defence) (Ministry of Defence) | 2017 to 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister (Wales) (Wales Office) | 2016 to 2017 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
| Pension Schemes Bill | 2025 | |
| Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill | 2025 | |
| Procurement Bill [HL] | 2023 | |
| Welsh Grand Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee | 2015 to 2017 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Gerald Jones has 2 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | A Trustee of a local charity, Phillipstown Residents and Community Association. | 9 Mar 2023 |
| Family members employed | Tyrone Powell employed | 4 Jun 2015 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Gerald Jones asked 3 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
82 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Gerald Jones represents Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Gerald Jones won with 45% of the votes, and Gareth Thomas (Reform UK) came second with 24%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Jones | Labour | 15,791 | 44.8% |
| Gareth Thomas | Reform UK | 8,344 | 23.7% |
| Francis Whitefoot | Plaid Cymru | 4,768 | 13.5% |
| Amanda Jenner | Conservative | 2,687 | 7.6% |
| Jade Smith | Liberal Democrat | 1,276 | 3.6% |
| Peter Griffin | Green Party | 1,231 | 3.5% |
| Anthony Cole | Workers Party of Britain | 531 | 1.5% |
| Lorezo De Gregori | Independent | 375 | 1.1% |
| Bob Davenport | Communist Party of Britain | 212 | 0.6% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Gerald Jones took part in 228 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Gerald Jones voted the same way as their party in 226 of the 226 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this