Ruth Jones

Ruth Lorraine Jones (born 23 April 1962) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newport West since winning the seat at a by-election in April 2019. Background Jones was educated at Duffryn High School in Newport. After training at Cardiff University, she worked as a physiotherapist in the National Health Service from 1983, eventually managing children and adult learning disability services for the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Political career Jones became involved with the professional body and trade union Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) as a steward, a regional steward, then a member of the CSP Council. In 2007 she was elected president of the Wales TUC for two years. In 2016 she became a full-time senior negotiating officer for the CSP. Jones joined Labour "when Tony Blair was leader", has "declared herself a socialist", but regarding Jeremy Corbyn acknowledges that there are "strong views for him and strong views against him." She describes herself however as neither a member of the Blairite Progress nor the Corbynite Momentum group.