Darren Jones MP: votes, interests and costs
Darren Jones (Labour) is the MP for Bristol North West, in the seat since 8 June 2017.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Darren Jones; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Intergovernmental Relations | Cabinet Office | 6 September 2025 | 20 July 2026 |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Cabinet Office | 5 September 2025 | 20 July 2026 |
| Minister of State (Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister) | Cabinet Office | 1 September 2025 | 20 July 2026 |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | HM Treasury | 5 July 2024 | 1 September 2025 |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | HM Treasury | 4 September 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Powers of Attorney Bill | 22 February 2023 | 1 March 2023 |
| Business and Trade Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment | 28 June 2022 | 4 September 2023 |
| Down Syndrome Bill | 19 January 2022 | 26 January 2022 |
| Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government | 22 September 2021 | 4 September 2023 |
| Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee) | 21 July 2021 | 30 May 2024 |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 20 May 2020 | 4 September 2023 |
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 11 May 2020 | 15 January 2024 |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | 6 May 2020 | 4 September 2023 |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2 March 2020 | 22 February 2021 |
| European Scrutiny Committee | 30 October 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 11 September 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 edeb545d9e50.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 4 entries for Darren Jones: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (3), Miscellaneous (1). The most recent was registered on 1 October 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Lord David Sainsbury of Turville - £44,400.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: To support my Parliamentary and political duties including for staffing and associated costs.
- Value of the benefit: £44,400.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-10-01
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-10-01
- Name of the donor: Lord David Sainsbury of Turville
- Status of the donor: Individual
Penpole Events Limited - £2,820.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Use of the portrait gallery in Kings Weston House for a constituency event on 8th November 2025 at a concessionary rate of £180 (standard fee £3,000)
- Value of the benefit: £2,820.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-11-08
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-11-08
- Name of the donor: Penpole Events Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
Lord David Sainsbury of Turville - £44,400.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: To support my Parliamentary and political duties including for staffing and associated costs.
- Value of the benefit: £44,400.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-09-26
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-09-26
- Name of the donor: Lord David Sainsbury of Turville
- Status of the donor: Individual
I am the director of the Henacre Charitable Fund (the “Henacre Trust”) launched on 8 March 2019. This is a named trust owned and operated by the Quartet Community Foundation on my behalf. The Henacre Trust will make charitable grants to young people from Bristol North West.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2019-03-08
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Darren Jones's 2024-25 staffing spend as £240,238 (budget £250,820). In 2023-24 it was £217,372. Office costs came to £26,259 of a £33,020 budget. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £240,238.39 | £217,372.44 | £210,870.07 |
| Office costs: spent | £26,258.99 | £25,906.67 | £26,407.73 |
| Accommodation: spent | £46,380.22 | £32,965.19 | £28,209.86 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £7,969.98 | £9,613.80 | £9,035.75 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £6,631.91 | £2,141.22 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £49,330 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area, with an uplift to cover the cost of three dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Bristol North West BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Communications Advisor (permanent full time), Researcher (permanent part time), Constituency Assistant ×2 (permanent part time), Intern (fixed term full time), Researcher (fixed term part time), Intern (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 265 votes by Darren Jones in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 44 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 2 September 2026 to 21 October 2026. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Darren Jones has tabled 8 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 8: Department of Health and Social Care; Home Office; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Department for Education.
Birth Certificates: LGBT+ People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to allow people born prior to section 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 coming into force on 6th April 2009 to retrospectively amend their birth ce …
Visas: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has an update on the timetable for responding to the report by the Migration Advisory Committee entitled 'Family visa financial requirements review', published in June 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support people addicted to ketamine.
35468
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has revised the timetable for responding to the report by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs entitled Ketamine: an updated review of use and harms, published on 28 Janu …
Permitted Development Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will assess the potential merits of extending permitted development rights to allow homeowners to install external blinds and shutters, in the context of the changing clim …
History: Secondary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy following the recent Curriculum and Assessment Review to include the British Empire and colonialism as statutory content in Key Stage 3 History.
War Memorials: Respect Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the new Respect Orders introduced in the Crime and Policing Act 2026 on anti-social noise in the vicinity of war memorials.
Bicycles: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will assess the potential merits of amending planning rules to allow bike stores in front gardens.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 b017d16f909f. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Darren Jones.
2024 general election
Darren Jones won Bristol North West at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 24,058 votes (49.6%), a majority of 15,669 over Mary Page (Green Party). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Bristol North West figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Darren Jones corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Darren Jones:
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.