Sarah Jones MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Croydon West is Sarah Jones (Labour), MP there since 8 June 2017. Current post: Minister of State (Home Office), held since 6 September 2025.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists one current post for Sarah Jones.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Home Office) | Home Office | 6 September 2025 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 8 July 2024 | 6 September 2025 |
| Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) | Department for Business and Trade | 8 July 2024 | 6 September 2025 |
| Shadow Minister (Industry and Decarbonisation) | Department for Business and Trade | 5 September 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Minister (Home Office) | Home Office | 10 April 2020 | 5 September 2023 |
| Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Housing) | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 15 May 2018 | 10 April 2020 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Public Order Bill | 25 May 2022 | 21 June 2022 |
| Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill | 12 May 2021 | 24 June 2021 |
| Home Affairs Committee | 11 September 2017 | 18 June 2018 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 6bdfb3fde641.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Sarah Jones, as the MP registered them: Family members engaged in third-party lobbying (1). Latest registration 28 April 2021. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Joseph Jones employed as Lobbyist
- Job title or role: Partner
- Name of employer: Flint Global (which advises international businesses and investors on policy, politics, regulation, and competition issues in European markets)
- Name of the family member acting as a lobbyist: Joseph Jones
- Who the family member is directly related to: Related to member directly
- Nature of relationship: Son
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Sarah Jones's office spent £239,812 on staff, from a staffing budget of £268,550, according to IPSA. The figure for 2023-24 was £252,840. IPSA lists office spending of £39,184 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 | £239,812.15 | £252,840.33 | £237,366.77 |
| Office costs: spent | £39,183.76 | £33,840.00 | £30,839.01 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £84.92 | £630.59 | £345.66 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £848.40 | £450.00 | £1,440.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £42,550, staffing £268,550, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard London area budget).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Croydon West BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Researcher (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Caseworker ×6 (permanent part time), Senior Executive Officer (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Administrative Officer/Comms Officer (permanent full time), Communications Officer (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Sarah Jones voted in the House of Commons: 313 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 23 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 13 October 2026 Sarah Jones voted Aye on "Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 15 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists no written question tabled by Sarah Jones since 4 July 2024 (read 15 October 2026). Ministers do not table written questions to their own departments.
2024 general election
Sarah Jones won Croydon West at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 20,612 votes (54.1%), a majority of 14,226 over Simon Fox (Conservative). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Croydon West figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Statements
- Sarah Jones on police officer numbers, 13 July 2026
Sarah Jones said: “In England and Wales, there were 145,550 full-time equivalent police officers as of September 2025 and 146,868 police officers as of September 2024.” This page repeats what Home Office reports.
- Sarah Jones on knife crime, 14 April 2026
Sarah Jones said: “Since the start of this Parliament, knife crime is down by 8% and knife homicides are down by 27%, to the lowest level in a decade.” This page repeats what Office for National Statistics reports.
Official corrections
Records in which Sarah Jones corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Sarah 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.