Ruth Jones, MP for Newport West and Islwyn
Ruth Jones has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements; Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill; Liaison Committee (Commons).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 2020 to 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Victims and Courts Bill | 2025 | |
| Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements | 2025 to now | Now |
| Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill | 2025 to now | Now |
| Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill | 2025 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill | 2024 | |
| Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill) | 2024 |
Show the other 9
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill (Formerly known as Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill) | 2024 | |
| Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill | 2022 | |
| Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] | 2022 | |
| Down Syndrome Bill | 2022 | |
| Welsh Grand Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Glue Traps (Offences) Bill | 2022 | |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | 2020 | |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 2019 |
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.
Ruth Jones has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Channel 4 Television Company Limited - £468.00 | 28 Oct 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Labour Animal Welfare Society - £1,660.08 | 20 Oct 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | I am a patron of Edengate, a charity based in Newport that works with homeless people. This is an unpaid role. | 8 May 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | I am a trustee of the Parliamentary Christian Trust. This is an unpaid role. | 8 May 2025 |
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.
Ruth Jones asked 357 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.
64 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
Ruth Jones represents Newport West and Islwyn. 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
Ruth Jones won with 41% of the votes, and Paul Taylor (Reform UK) came second with 20%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Jones | Labour | 17,409 | 41.5% |
| Paul Taylor | Reform UK | 8,541 | 20.4% |
| Nick Jones | Conservative | 6,710 | 16.0% |
| Brandon Ham | Plaid Cymru | 3,529 | 8.4% |
| Mike Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | 2,087 | 5.0% |
| Kerry Vosper | Green Party | 2,078 | 5.0% |
| George Etheridge | Independent | 1,597 | 3.8% |
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 Ruth Jones took part in 232 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Ruth Jones voted the same way as their party in 231 of the 232 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (1)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Sep | Motion to sit in private | For | Against |
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 | 88% | 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