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Gerald Jones

Labour Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare

Voting record

7
Voted for
0
Voted against
2
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Gerald Jones’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 87%

How often Gerald Jones voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Gerald Jones doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held
Assistant Whip — Whips Office (Commons) (2024-07-10 to 2025-09-07) Government
Shadow Minister (Scotland) — Scotland Office (2023-09-05 to 2024-05-30) Shadow
Opposition Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) (2021-12-04 to 2024-05-30) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Wales) — Wales Office (2020-04-10 to 2023-09-05) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Defence) — Ministry of Defence (2017-07-03 to 2020-04-10) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Wales) — Wales Office (2016-10-10 to 2017-07-03) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Gerald Jones →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

8. Miscellaneous

A Trustee of a local charity, Phillipstown Residents and Community Association.
Date interest arose: 11 May 2018
(Registered 9 March 2023)

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Name: Tyrone Powell
Relationship: Partner
Role: Senior Parliamentary Assistant
Working pattern: Full time
(Registered 4 June 2015)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Gerald Jones yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Gerald Jones has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£298,394.15 paid out to or for Gerald Jones across 217 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Gerald Jones’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £215,707.39 (2 claims)
Office Costs — £48,426.70 (204 claims)
Accommodation — £25,743.47 (1 claim)
MP Travel — £5,285.24 (4 claims)
Miscellaneous — £2,700.00 (1 claim)
Staff Travel — £531.35 (5 claims)
Most recent claims
Cleaning services — £60.00, 2026-03-02 — Cleaning Services
Service charge & ground Rent — £273.00, 2026-03-01 — Business in Focus
Advertising and contact cards — £75.00, 2026-02-27 — Parish Magazine
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £229.52, 2026-02-17 — Landline & internet package
Service charge & ground Rent — £273.00, 2026-01-22 — Business in Focus
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-01-15 — XMA February 2026
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £227.98, 2026-01-14 — Landline & internet package
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-01-13 — XMA February 2026

Every claim on file for Gerald Jones →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Gerald Jones — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Gerald Jones’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Gerald Jones is a listed officer of 1 All-Party Parliamentary Group on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Western Rail Link to Heathrow — Vice Chair
No declared funding on file.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Gerald Jones personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Gerald Jones is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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