About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Darren Jones) represents you, and all of the people who live in Bristol North West, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Bristol North West

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

Social Media

• @darrenpjones.bsky.social
• @darrenpjones
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department for Education
• Department for Transport
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Pupils: Personal Records
• Coronavirus: Vaccination
• Internet: Safety
• Universal Credit
• Audit: Reform

Currently held offices

• The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (since 5 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury ( 4 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Powers of Attorney Bill Committee (22 Feb 2023 to 1 Mar 2023)
• Chair, Business and Trade Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment (28 Jun 2022 to 4 Sep 2023)
• Chair, Business and Trade Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment (28 Jun 2022 to 4 Sep 2023)
• Member, Down Syndrome Bill Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 26 Jan 2022)
• Member, Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government (22 Sep 2021 to 4 Sep 2023)
• Member, Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee) (21 Jul 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (20 May 2020 to 4 Sep 2023)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (11 May 2020 to 15 Jan 2024)
• Chair, Business and Trade Committee ( 6 May 2020 to 4 Sep 2023)
• Chair, Business and Trade Committee ( 6 May 2020 to 4 Sep 2023)
• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 22 Feb 2021)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (30 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Charlotte Leslie
• Doug Naysmith
• Michael Stern
• Michael Colvin
• Ronald Thomas
• Martin McLaren
• John Ellis
• Martin McLaren
• Christopher Boyd
• Joseph Braithwaite

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Powers of Attorney Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Down Syndrome Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Forensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Data Protection Bill Committee (8 out of 8)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Treasury: British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty 14 May 2025

  The Chancellor has regular discussions with cabinet colleagues on a wide range of issues. The agreement with Mauritius was led by the Foreign Secretary who engaged Cabinet colleagues in the usual way.

• Written Answers — Treasury: Public Sector Debt: Budget October 2024 13 May 2025

  At Autumn Budget 2024, the government put the public finances on a sustainable path by strengthening the fiscal framework, including announcing new fiscal rules, and taking difficult decisions on tax, welfare and spending. The information requested is all published explicitly, or calculable from information published, in the AB24 Economic and Fiscal Outlook and the OBR’s Public Sector...

• Written Answers — Treasury: Trade Agreements: India 13 May 2025

  The UK-India Free Trade Agreement will make it easier for British businesses to trade with the fastest growing economy in the G20. The government estimates that it will increase bilateral trade by £25.5 billion, add £4.8billion a year to our economy and boost wages by £2.2 billion every year in the long run. The Barnett formula is applied when UK Government departmental budgets change....

More of Darren Jones’s recent appearances