About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Ruth Jones) represents you, and all of the people who live in Newport West and Islwyn, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Newport West and Islwyn

Entered the House of Commons on 4 April 2019 — Byelection

Also represented Newport West

Social Media

• @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social
• @RuthNewportWest
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Home Office
• Treasury
• Air Pollution: Uxbridge and South Ruislip
• Chemicals: Regulation
• Air Pollution
• Universal Credit
• Air Pollution: Monitoring

Currently held offices

• Member, Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill Committee (since 13 May 2025)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 4 Dec 2024)
• Chair, Welsh Affairs Committee (since 9 Sep 2024)
• Chair, Welsh Affairs Committee (since 9 Sep 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Chair, Welsh Affairs Committee ( 9 Sep 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill Committee ( 8 May 2024 to 15 May 2024)
• Member, Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill) Committee (17 Apr 2024 to 24 Apr 2024)
• Member, Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill (Formerly known as Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill) Committee (13 Mar 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (22 Jun 2022 to 7 Jul 2022)
• Member, Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] Committee ( 9 Feb 2022 to 10 Feb 2022)
• Member, Down Syndrome Bill Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 26 Jan 2022)
• Member, Welsh Grand Committee (18 Jan 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Glue Traps (Offences) Bill Committee (12 Jan 2022 to 19 Jan 2022)
• Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (12 Aug 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (15 Jun 2020 to 9 Sep 2024)
• Member, Business and Trade Committee (11 May 2020 to 21 Sep 2020)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee ( 8 May 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill Committee Committee (1 out of 1)
• International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
• Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Glue Traps (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Down Syndrome Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Environment Bill Committee (15 out of 22)
• Agriculture Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber 13 Jun 2025

  Fur (Import and Sale) Bill: Second Reading – Ruth Jones. Private Members' Bills; 9:30 am

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber 13 Jun 2025

  Support for Infants and Parents etc (Information) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading – Ruth Jones. Private Members' Bills

• Gaza: UK Assessment 14 May 2025

  I thank the Minister for outlining the horrors being inflicted on the people of Gaza so clearly yet again, but we have heard words from the Dispatch Box many times in support of the Palestinians before. He talks about court proceedings, but they take months, if not years, to complete. Men, women and children are dying every hour from hunger, disease and bombs in Gaza at the moment. They...

More of Ruth Jones’s recent appearances