Official portrait of Darren Jones

Darren Jones

Labour MP for Bristol North West, since 8 June 2017

The Rt Hon Darren Jones is the Labour MP for Bristol North West, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.

Scorecard

38.4% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote
221 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
354 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
3 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
3 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
284 Debates spoken in 593 written questions tabled

Ranked 613 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49 Aye 332–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48 No vote 328–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47 No vote 327–164
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46 No vote 314–178
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 No vote 329–163
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 Aye 316–172
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 Aye 330–158
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 326–160
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading No vote 362–87
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 No vote 153–300
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23 No vote 158–297
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 No vote 92–364
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 69–300
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading No vote 330–179
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment No vote 116–333
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 No vote 335–160
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 No vote 401–96
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No vote 325–171
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 No vote 404–98
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 No vote 336–158
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 No vote 402–97
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 No vote 398–93
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 338–74
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 331–73
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 336–77

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Penpole Events Limited
Address of donor: Kings Weston House, Kings Weston Lane, Bristol BS11 0UR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 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 £2,820
Date received: 8 November 2025
Date accepted: 8 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 12719218
(Registered 24 November 2025)

On the register since 19 Dec 2025

£44,400

Name of donor: Lord David Sainsbury of Turville
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £44,400 to support my Parliamentary and political duties including for staffing and associated costs.
Date received: 26 September 2025
Date accepted: 26 September 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 15 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

8. Miscellaneous

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 interest arose: 8 March 2019
(Registered 11 March 2019)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

284 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £46,820 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
8 Nov 2025 Mr Darren Jones sitting MP Penpole Events Limited Company Non Cash Other £2,820
26 Sep 2025 Mr Darren Jones sitting MP Lord David Sainsbury of Turville Individual Non Cash Staff costs £44k

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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