Fay Jones (politician)


Fay Alicia Jones is a British Conservative politician who is Member of Parliament for Brecon and Radnorshire, first elected at the 2019 general election.

Early life and education

Fay Jones was born in Cardiff in 1985. Her father is Gwilym Jones, who at the time of her birth was the Conservative MP for Cardiff North. She studied French at King's College London.
Jones has worked as a researcher for the Prince of Wales, and has worked for the National Farmers' Union and for the public relations firm Grayling. Before the 2019 election she was chair of Public Affairs Cymru, a membership organisation for professionals working in public affairs.
Away from politics, she has been a coxswain with Twickenham Rowing Club, and run a number of half marathons and triathlons for charity. In 2014, she completed the New York Marathon for Prostate Cancer UK – raising over £10,000.

Political career

In politics, Jones worked for the Conservative MEP Jonathan Evans and the Conservative MP David Jones. In 2019 she was a volunteer in Boris Johnson's campaign for leadership of the Conservative Party. She was third on the party-list in Wales for the Conservatives at the 2019 European Parliament election.
Jones was elected as MP for Brecon and Radnorshire in the 2019 general election, beating the Liberal Democrat incumbent Jane Dodds, who had been the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats since 2017. Dodds had won the seat in a by-election in August 2019, which had been triggered by a recall petition after the Conservative MP Chris Davies was convicted for submitting a false expenses claim.