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Ruth Jones

Labour MP for Newport West and Islwyn, since 4 April 2019

Ruth Jones is the Labour MP for Newport West and Islwyn, and has been an MP continually since 4 April 2019.

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Scorecard

88.0% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
506 Votes cast out of 590 divisions, plus 13 as teller
71 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
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
438 Debates spoken in 2859 written questions tabled

Ranked 49 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. 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

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading Teller 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Teller 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private against party line Aye 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading No vote 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No vote 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No vote 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 No vote 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division Aye 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Aye 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 369–102

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: Labour Animal Welfare Society
Address of donor: 30 Station Road, Carlton, Nottingham NG4 3AX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Policy support in relation to my private members' bill, value £1,660.08
Date received: 15 October 2025 to 15 October 2025
Date accepted: 15 October 2025
Donor status: other (Member's Association)
(Registered 20 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Channel 4 Television Company Limited
Address of donor: 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to the BAFTA Cymru Awards ceremony, including dinner, value £468
Date received: 5 October 2025
Date accepted: 5 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 01533774
(Registered 28 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

8. Miscellaneous

I am a patron of Edengate, a charity based in Newport that works with homeless people. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 May 2025
(Registered 8 May 2025)

On the register since 13 May 2025

I am a trustee of the Parliamentary Christian Trust. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 6 May 2025
(Registered 8 May 2025)

On the register since 13 May 2025

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

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 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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