UK Parliament · member 4716
Ruth Jones MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn
- Member for this seat since
- 4 April 2019
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Ruth Jones, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP
- Labour Animal Welfare Society - £1,660.08 (registered 20 October 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
- Channel 4 Television Company Limited - £468.00 (registered 28 October 2025)
Miscellaneous
- I am a patron of Edengate, a charity based in Newport that works with homeless people. This is an unpaid role. (registered 8 May 2025)
- I am a trustee of the Parliamentary Christian Trust. This is an unpaid role. (registered 8 May 2025)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 498 recorded divisions where Ruth Jones and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Ruth Jones voted the same way as most voting Labour members 495 times (99.4%).
This compares Ruth Jones with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
£10,155 across 3 reported donations from 1 distinct donor name, received from 1 January 2019 onward.
| Donor (as published) | Status | Donations | Total value | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Animal Welfare Society | Unincorporated Association | 3 | £10,155 | 2024-02-21 to 2024-04-04 |
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £18,670 across 59 claim lines; 2024-25: £299,596 across 146 claim lines; 2023-24: £287,772 across 143 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 47 | £16,875 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 12 | £1,795 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 1 | £227,212 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 116 | £39,574 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 13 | £24,886 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 5 | £3,391 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 8 | £3,384 |
| 2024-25 | Miscellaneous | 3 | £1,150 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 1 | £231,053 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 100 | £27,384 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 25 | £23,694 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 8 | £2,951 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 9 | £2,690 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Staff Travel · Air travel | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £998 | Paid |
| 8 February 2023 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner March 2023 | £99 | Paid |
| 24 October 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner November 2024 | £99 | Paid |
| 6 September 2024 | Office Costs · Newspapers, journals, magazines | NEWSTEAM GROUP | £98 | Paid |
| 6 September 2019 | Accommodation · Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase | Internet — VIRGINMEDIA.C | £98 | Paid |
| 30 September 2021 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — XMA LTD | £978 | Paid |
| 8 July 2024 | Office Costs · Newspapers, journals, magazines | NEWSTEAM GROUP | £98 | Paid |
| 11 May 2022 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — XMA LTD | £968 | Paid |
| 3 February 2021 | Office Costs · Newspapers, journals, magazines | THE NEWS AGENT | £96 | Paid |
| 8 June 2020 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner May 2020 | £95 | Paid |
| 20 March 2025 | Accommodation · Utilities | Electricity — Electricity for London Flat (50% re-imbursement) | £95 | Paid |
| 10 April 2024 | Office Costs · Newspapers, journals, magazines | NEWSTEAM GROUP | £95 | Paid |
| 22 July 2019 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — CURRYS S/S | £95 | Paid |
| 16 December 2020 | Office Costs · Newspapers, journals, magazines | THE NEWS AGENT | £94 | Paid |
| 27 April 2022 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT.COM BUSINESS BP | £92 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.