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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

88.3% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
497 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 11 as teller
67 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
2 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
435 Debates spoken in 2823 written questions tabled

Ranked 45 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 Aye 328–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47 Aye 327–164
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46 Aye 314–178
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 Aye 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 Aye 362–87
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 No 153–300
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23 No 158–297
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 No 92–364
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 69–300
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading Aye 330–179
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment No 116–333
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 Aye 335–160
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 Aye 401–96
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 Aye 325–171
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Aye 404–98
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 Aye 336–158
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 Aye 402–97
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Aye 398–93
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 338–74
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 331–73
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 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: 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 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

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

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Debates

435 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 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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