About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Gerald Jones) represents you, and all of the people who live in Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

Also represented Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @geraldjoneslab
• https://facebook.com/GeraldJonesLabour

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Gerald Jones campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Ministry of Defence
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Wales Office
• Treasury
• Home Office
• Members: Correspondence
• Armoured Fighting Vehicles
• Child Trust Fund: Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
• Aviation: Coronavirus
• Question

Currently held offices

• Member, Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (since 12 Feb 2025)
• Assistant Whip (since 10 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Scotland) ( 5 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Procurement Bill [HL] Committee (25 Jan 2023 to 21 Feb 2023)
• Member, Welsh Grand Committee (18 Jan 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) ( 4 Dec 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Wales) (10 Apr 2020 to 5 Sep 2023)
• Shadow Minister (Defence) ( 3 Jul 2017 to 10 Apr 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Wales) (10 Oct 2016 to 3 Jul 2017)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (13 Jul 2015 to 21 Nov 2016)
• Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee ( 6 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Procurement Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Farriers (Registration) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (5 out of 13)

Recent appearances

• Business of the House 16 May 2024

  Merthyr Tydfil’s old town hall, more recently known as the Redhouse, is an iconic building with much historic significance. It was from the balcony of the building that Keir Hardie spoke to the people of Merthyr Tydfil after being elected to this place as the first Labour MP in 1900. This week, the Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Trust, the current tenant of the building, closed its doors—the...

• Criminal Justice Bill: New Clause 86 - Creating purported sexual image of adult 15 May 2024

  I would like to speak in support of new clause 16, which is in my name. It seeks to amend the Road Traffic Act 1988 to provide that dangerous, careless or inconsiderate driving offences may be committed on private land adjacent to a highway. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris) for presenting and supporting my new clause in Committee, and for the...

• Business of the House 2 May 2024

  Following the Aberfan disaster in October 1966, donations from around the world were used to build the Aberfan and Merthyr Vale Community Centre. The centre has been managed by a leisure trust and is home to a library, gym and swimming pool. Until two days ago, it faced possible closure. Despite that, the trustees—none of them local—refused to engage with me, trade unions, their own staff...

More of Gerald Jones’s recent appearances