Alex Davies-Jones
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Alex Davies-Jones
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 Official portrait, 2020
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| Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding | |
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Assumed office 27 November 2023 |
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| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Jess Phillips |
| Shadow Minister for Tech and Digital Economy | |
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In office 4 December 2021 – 27 November 2023 |
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| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Chris Evans |
| Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 26 February 2021 – 4 December 2021 |
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| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Karin Smyth |
| Succeeded by | Tonia Antoniazzi |
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Member of Parliament for Pontypridd | |
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Assumed office 12 December 2019 |
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| Preceded by | Owen Smith |
| Majority | 5,890 (15.1%) |
| Personal details | |
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Alexandra Davies-Jones
5 April 1989 Tonyrefail, Wales |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Cardiff University |
| Website | Official website |
Alexandra Davies-Jones (born 5 April 1989) is a Welsh politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd since 2019. A member of the Labour, she is Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding.
Early life and education
Davies was born in Church Village in South Wales. She is the daughter of a miner, stating that she was "brought up on the values of socialism". She attended Tonyrefail Primary School, Tonyrefail Comprehensive School and graduated from Cardiff University with a joint honours degree in Law and Politics.
Career
Davies-Jones was a youth representative for the Labour Party, Co-operative Party, and the trade union Unite the Union.
She began her career a researcher in the House of Commons and the National Assembly for Wales. Davies-Jones was a Regional Development Consultant for the Electoral Reform Society from 2010 to 2011. She then worked as a communications and press officer for Wales and the West Midlands at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors from 2013 to 2015. She worked for the non-profit Dwr Cymru Welsh Water as a regional communications director and then a community engagement manager from 2015 to 2019.
Davies-Jones was elected as a councillor for Tonyrefail Community Council in 2012, at the age of 23, and for Rhondda Cynon Taf Council in 2017.
Davies-Jones was elected as MP for Pontypridd at the 2019 United Kingdom general election. She successfully retained the seat for the Labour Party, albeit with the vote share falling by nearly 11 percentage points since the previous election in 2017. She is the first female MP to represent Pontrypridd its creation in 1918.
In February 2023 following on investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Davies-Jones was found to have breached the Code of Conduct for Members in relation to asking a parliamentary question about the British Council. The MP had taken part in a British Council funded trip to Japan the previous autumn. Davies-Jones apologised and following the report's determination that the breach was "minor and inadvertent", the Commons Select Committee on Standards took no further action.
Personal life
Davies-Jones has two stepsons, Blake and Kieran, and a son, Sullivan, with her husband, Andrew, whom she married in 2014. In January 2021, Davies-Jones talked to BBC News about her experiences of cervical cancer.
She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.