Ruth Jones MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Newport West and Islwyn is Ruth Jones (Labour), MP there since 4 April 2019.
Offices and committees
Ruth Jones sits on 4 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements | 11 June 2025 | Current |
| Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill | 21 May 2025 | Current |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 4 December 2024 | Current |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 9 September 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 12 August 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Victims and Courts Bill | 17 June 2025 | 24 June 2025 |
| Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill | 13 May 2025 | 14 May 2025 |
| Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill | 8 May 2024 | 15 May 2024 |
| Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill) | 17 April 2024 | 24 April 2024 |
| Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill (Formerly known as Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill) | 13 March 2024 | 30 May 2024 |
| Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill | 22 June 2022 | 7 July 2022 |
| Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] | 9 February 2022 | 10 February 2022 |
| Down Syndrome Bill | 19 January 2022 | 26 January 2022 |
| Welsh Grand Committee | 18 January 2022 | 30 May 2024 |
| Glue Traps (Offences) Bill | 12 January 2022 | 19 January 2022 |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 15 June 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | 11 May 2020 | 21 September 2020 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 2b25d6007c05.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Ruth Jones, as the MP registered them: Miscellaneous (2), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1). Latest registration 28 October 2025. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Channel 4 Television Company Limited - £468.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets to the BAFTA Cymru Awards ceremony, including dinner
- Value of the benefit: £468.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-10-05
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-10-05
- Name of the donor: Channel 4 Television Company Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Channel 4 Television Company Limited
Labour Animal Welfare Society - £1,660.08
- 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: Policy support in relation to my private members' bill
- Value of the benefit: £1,660.08
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-10-15
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-10-15
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-10-15
- Name of the donor: Labour Animal Welfare Society
I am a trustee of the Parliamentary Christian Trust. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-05-06
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
I am a patron of Edengate, a charity based in Newport that works with homeless people. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-05-01
- 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)
In 2024-25 Ruth Jones's office spent £227,347 on staff, from a staffing budget of £250,820, according to IPSA. The figure for 2023-24 was £231,417. IPSA lists office spending of £36,839 in the same year. 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 | £227,347.09 | £231,416.75 | £202,402.33 |
| Office costs: spent | £36,839.00 | £26,638.53 | £27,216.14 |
| Accommodation: spent | £24,834.34 | £23,585.52 | £24,448.81 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £6,774.06 | £5,641.26 | £4,884.38 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £575.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £37,120, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget, plus an uplift of £4,100, granted following an application to IPSA; Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Newport West and Islwyn CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent full time), Caseworker ×3 (permanent part time), Communications Officer ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Policy Researcher (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Ruth Jones voted in the House of Commons: 535 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 52 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 21 October 2026 Ruth Jones voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 25 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Ruth Jones has tabled 520 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Wales Office, Department of Health and Social Care.
Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 15936 on Animal Welfare, when she plans to (a) update hon. Members and (b) publish findings of her Department's discussions with (i)
Carbon Capture and Storage: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has made to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in respect to the Parc Adfer CCS project as part of the Government’s ongoing HyNet Project Negotiation List Review.
Public Health: Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that public health advice on air pollution is (a) accessible and (b) clinically relevant for (i) people with cystic fibrosis and (ii) other vulnerable …
Veterinary Medicine: Export Health Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has in place to prevent delays to animal products leaving the UK should Official Veterinarian capacity decline before certification requirements a …
Veterinary Medicine: Export Health Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a decline in veterinary certification capacity on the UK's ability to rebuild veterinary public health capacity quick …
Veterinary Medicine: Export Health Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to retain and redeploy veterinary public health expertise currently engaged in export certification once SPS certification requirements are reduced or rem …
Veterinary Services: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the implementation timeframe for dynamic alignment within the EU-UK SPS agreement on investment and retention decisions within …
Export Health Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for implementing dynamic alignment with the EU-UK SPS agreement; and what assessment has been made of whether current certification capacity can be sustained thro …
Veterinary Medicine: Export Health Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to UK exporters of any disruption to certification capacity during the period before dynamic alignment with the EU-UK SPS agreement tak …
Export Health Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential risks to exporters of food and animal products of any delays to export health certification ahead of removal of SPS checks.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 fc78e9cbbb0d. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Ruth Jones.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 8,868 for Ruth Jones in Newport West and Islwyn in July 2024, from 17,409 votes on a turnout of 55.4%. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Newport West and Islwyn figures
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.