Gerald Jones

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Gerald Jones
MP
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Assistant Government Whip
In office
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Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Member of Parliament
for Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
Page Template:Nobold/styles.css has no content.Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (2015–2024)
Incumbent
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7 May 2015
Preceded byDai Havard
Majority7,447 (21.1%)
Personal details
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Phillipstown, Wales
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PartyLabour
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Gerald Jones (born 21 August 1970) is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, formerly Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, since 2015. He was an Assistant Government Whip from 2024 to 2025 and previously served as Shadow Minister for Wales.

Early life and career

Gerald Jones was born on 21 August 1970 in Phillipstown.

He joined the Labour Party in 1988, and has served in a range of roles including Chairperson of New Tredegar Branch Labour Party and the Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney Constituency Labour Party. Between 2003 and 2015, he served as an election agent in both the UK general elections and Welsh Assembly election campaigns across Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney.

Jones was elected as a Labour Councillor to Caerphilly County Borough Council in 1995, representing his home community of New Tredegar for the next 20 years. He also served as Deputy Leader of the Council and between 2012 and 2015 also served as Cabinet Member for Housing where he drove the council's commitment to delivering the Welsh Housing Quality Standard programme. Jones also served as the Anti Poverty and Homelessness Champion.[1]

Parliamentary career

At the 2015 general election, Jones was elected to Parliament as MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney with 53.9% of the vote and a majority of 11,513.[2][3][4]

He supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.[5]

Having served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Shadow Wales and Defence teams, he was appointed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as a Shadow Wales Minister in October 2016 and a Shadow Defence Minister in July 2017.[6][7][8]

Jones was re-elected as MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney at the snap 2017 general election with an increased vote share of 66.8% and an increased majority of 16,334.[9][10] He was again re-elected at the 2019 general election, with a decreased vote share of 52.4% and a decreased majority of 10,606.[11][12][13]

Due to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Jones' constituency of Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney was abolished, and replaced with Merthyr Tydfil and Upper Cynon. In June 2023, Jones defeated Beth Winter to be selected as the Labour candidate for Merthyr Tydfil and Upper Cynon at the 2024 general election.[14] The seat was ultimately renamed Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare in the final recommendations published late in the month.[15]

In the 2023 British shadow cabinet reshuffle, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Scotland.[16]

At the 2024 general election, Jones was elected to Parliament as MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare with 44.8% of the vote and a majority of 7,447.[17] He was appointed an Assistant Government Whip in July 2024, serving until his departure from Government in the September 2025 reshuffle.[18]

Personal life

He is gay and employs his partner, Tyrone Powell, as his Senior Parliamentary Assistant.[19][20]

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gerald Jones selected as candidate for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney". LabourList. 13 December 2014.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Merthyr result". Election results for Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney. Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015 Results. BBC. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Reshuffle 2: The Maintenance of the Malcontents". New Socialist. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About me". Gerald Jones MP. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gerald Jones MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney Parliamentary constituency". Election 2017 Results. BBC. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2017 Results". Merthyr Tydfil Council. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Parliamentary Election Thursday 12 December 2019" (PDF). Merthyr Tydfil Council. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney Parliamentary constituency". Election 2019 Results. BBC. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Election-Results/General-Election-2019". Merthyr Tydfil Council. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Welsh Labour: Frontbench MP beats left-winger in seat battle". BBC News. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Meet our Shadow Cabinet". The Labour Party. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ministerial appointments: September 2025". GOV.UK. 7 September 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."House of Commons - The Register of Members' Financial Interests (10 April 2017: Jones, Gerald)". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Does the UK now have the most LGB elected MPs in the world?". PinkNews. Retrieved 14 September 2015.





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