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Darren Jones

Labour MP for Bristol North West

Elected 2017-06-08

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Constituency outline of Bristol North West with neighbours greyed
Bristol North West
£327.5K Expenses claimed · rank #17 of 650
£0 Donations received
3 Declared interests
2 Red flags

How They Voted

VOTED FOR Illegal Migration Act Repeal
VOTED AGAINST Assisted Dying Bill
VOTED AGAINST Defence Spending 2.5% GDP

Recent Public Statements

Latest verbatim posts and speeches from Darren Jones on Bluesky and gov.uk. Sourced directly from public APIs. No paraphrase, no editorialising.

Bluesky
Wonderful to officially open the refurbished workspaces at St Peter's Hospice in my constituency. The hospice received a £1m share of a £125m capital funding boost for adult and children’s hospices from this government – the biggest investment in a generation for hospices.
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Bluesky
Earlier this year, I set out plans to modernise the civil service. Now, for the first time ever (!), pay rises for senior civil servants will be linked to performance - including the delivery of our political priorities. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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gov.uk Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister rewards “the doers not the talkers” with the introduction of performance-related pay for senior civil servants
Following Darren Jones’ announcement in January on his ambition to modernise the civil service to better incentivise delivery and innovation by rewarding top performers, the Government has confirmed senior civil servants’ pay rises will be linked to whether or not they deliver for the public for the first time. As part of the Future Civil Service Programme, …
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Bluesky
Inflation is down today, in part thanks to action we've taken on energy bills. But the price of electricity is still set by global gas rates, despite half of our electricity coming from renewables. So we're taking steps to fix that too. Let me explain 👇
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Bluesky
Deadline: 29th May. More details 👇 www.w4mpjobs.org/JobDetails.a...
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Bluesky
I’m looking for a new personal assistant. You’ll help me with my diary, including supporting my evening meetings on Mondays and Tuesdays. This role sits at the centre of my parliamentary, constituency, government and special advisor teams helping me to be as effective as possible.
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Bluesky
These new delivery functions will be accountable to both their Secretary of State and to my team. This builds on my recent work setting up the new joint No10 and Cabinet Office Delivery Unit. Read more: www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
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22 more recent statements available.

Said One Thing, Voted Another?

Verbatim Hansard contributions placed beside how this MP actually voted. See the full Lie Detector for methodology.

Defence Spending 2.5% GDP Voted AGAINST
The UK Government is making Scotland a great place to invest: ➡️ free trade agreements with the EU, India and US ➡️ Scotland as the UK's clean energy powerhouse ➡️ biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the Cold War Today at Scotland's Global Investment Summit 🏴� …
Bluesky post · 2025-10-07

Expenses Breakdown

Total: £327,479. Rank: #17 of 650 MPs. Source: IPSA.

Staffing
£240,238
Office
£26,259
Accommodation
£46,380
Travel
£7,970

What They Actually Claimed For

Itemised IPSA claims for the 363 expense lines this MP submitted. Total paid: £634,940. Source: IPSA individualBusinessCosts.

70 items for review
  • £606 Single claim of £606.00 for Cleaning services (Accommodation) on 31/07/2024.
  • £555 Single claim of £554.63 for Council tax (Accommodation) on 11/06/2024.
  • £1,104 Single claim of £1,103.80 for Council tax (Accommodation) on 11/10/2024.
  • £1,050 Single claim of £1,050.00 for Hotel - London (Accommodation) on 20/08/2024.
  • £510 Single claim of £509.70 for Hotel - London (Accommodation) on 01/09/2024.
  • £40,494 Single claim of £40,493.95 for Rent (Accommodation) on 31/03/2025.
  • £1,082 Single claim of £1,082.30 for Rail (Dependant Travel) on 31/03/2025.
  • £631 Single claim of £630.90 for Mileage - car (MP Travel) on 31/03/2025.
  • £689 Single claim of £689.30 for Parking (MP Travel) on 31/03/2025.
  • £4,375 Single claim of £4,374.77 for Rail (MP Travel) on 31/03/2025.
  • £4,742 Single claim of £4,742.02 for Removals (Miscellaneous) on 11/09/2024.
  • £1,031 Single claim of £1,031.17 for Removals (Miscellaneous) on 06/08/2024.
  • £859 Single claim of £858.72 for Removals (Miscellaneous) on 09/09/2024.
  • £960 Single claim of £960.00 for Bought-in services (Comms & Media) on 17/03/2025.
  • £1,629 Single claim of £1,629.24 for Rent (Office Costs) on 03/12/2024.
  • £1,629 Single claim of £1,629.24 for Rent (Office Costs) on 04/03/2025.
  • £1,629 Single claim of £1,629.24 for Rent (Office Costs) on 04/06/2024.
  • £1,629 Single claim of £1,629.24 for Rent (Office Costs) on 03/04/2024.
  • £1,629 Single claim of £1,629.24 for Rent (Office Costs) on 02/07/2024.
  • £1,629 Single claim of £1,629.24 for Rent (Office Costs) on 01/10/2024.
  • £1,629 Single claim of £1,629.24 for Rent (Office Costs) on 03/09/2024.
  • £1,629 Single claim of £1,629.24 for Rent (Office Costs) on 04/02/2025.
  • £1,678 Single claim of £1,678.12 for Rent (Office Costs) on 03/04/2025.
  • £1,629 Single claim of £1,629.24 for Rent (Office Costs) on 05/11/2024.
  • £1,629 Single claim of £1,629.24 for Rent (Office Costs) on 01/08/2024.

Search the top 30 claims paid

Showing 20 of 30 claims. Total paid £559,117

31/03/2025StaffingPayrollFY 24-25
Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2024-25 year0
£234,755
31/03/2024StaffingPayrollFY 23-24
Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2023-24 year0
£206,370
31/03/2025AccommodationRentFY 24-25
Aggregated figure for this business cost and budget category in 2024-250
£40,494
22/03/2023StaffingBought-in servicesFY 23-24
Professional & consultancy0
£8,100
11/09/2024MiscellaneousRemovalsFY 24-25
Removals (for items from constituency home to new London home)0
£4,742
12/04/2024StaffingPooled staffing servicesFY 24-25
Parliamentary Research Service (Labour)0
£4,600
28/04/2023StaffingPooled staffing servicesFY 23-24
Parliamentary Research Service (Labour)0
£4,500
31/03/2025MP TravelRailFY 24-25
Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-250
£4,375
31/03/2024MP TravelRailFY 23-24
Aggregated figure for travel during 2023-240
£3,524
14/12/2023AccommodationRentFY 23-24
0
£2,600
14/03/2024AccommodationRentFY 23-24
0
£2,600
15/02/2024AccommodationRentFY 23-24
0
£2,600
15/08/2023AccommodationRentFY 23-24
0
£2,600
17/10/2023AccommodationRentFY 23-24
0
£2,600
14/09/2023AccommodationRentFY 23-24
0
£2,600
14/11/2023AccommodationRentFY 23-24
0
£2,600
09/06/2023AccommodationRentFY 23-24
First month´s upfront rental payment for MP´s new London Accommodation0
£2,600
16/01/2024AccommodationRentFY 23-24
0
£2,600
18/04/2023AccommodationCouncil taxFY 23-24
Lambeth Council Tax - London Flat - 2023-240
£2,545
17/11/2023StaffingBought-in servicesFY 23-24
Professional & consultancy0
£2,418

Year on year

FY 23-24 199 claims £296,662
FY 24-25 128 claims £327,670
FY 25-26 36 claims £10,608

Travel

£17,584 paid across 0 trips.

Accommodation

£86,112 paid across 14 nights.

Gifts and Hospitality

2 gift(s) received. Source: Ministerial Gifts Register.

The Royal Shakespeare Company
From: The Royal Shakespeare Company Value: 180 13/01/2026
Beth Rigby, Political Editor, Sky News
From: Beth Rigby, Political Editor, Sky News Value: 40 2025-09-25

Companies House

1 directorship(s) found. 1 active. Network size: 3. Source: Companies House API.

JSW SINGLE PLY ROOFING LTD #07912691 dissolved

Red Flags

Info
dissolved company: Director of dissolved company: JSW SINGLE PLY ROOFING LTD (#07912691)
Source: Companies House: company/07912691 | Confidence: likely
Warning
potentially undeclared directorship: Active directorship of JSW SINGLE PLY ROOFING LTD (#07912691) may not be declared in Register. Confidence: likely.
Source: Companies House + Parliament Register | Confidence: likely

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