Jackie Jones
Jacqueline Margarete Jones is a Welsh politician, barrister, and academic. She served as the Labour Party Member of the European Parliament for Wales from 2019 to 2020. She taught law at Cardiff [School of Law and Politics|Cardiff Law School], Cardiff University, and then at Bristol Law School, University of the [West of England, Bristol|University of the West of England], where she was Professor of Feminist Legal Studies.
Background
In 2019 it was reported that Jackie had lived in Cardiff and Pembrokeshire since 1985.Academic career
Jones has been researching and teaching law for over 20 years, first at Cardiff Law School, then at Bristol Law School, UWE. Her main teaching and research interests lie in the areas of gender, migration, asylum process, human trafficking, violence against women, all within a human rights perspective.Jones was previously the Chair of the Wales Assembly of Women and President of the European Women Lawyers Association, and worked with various equalities organisations, including Welsh Women's Aid and the National Alliance of Women's Organisations.
Political career
Jones was the Labour MEP for Wales in the European Parliament from July 2019 to January 2020, when the UK withdrew from the European Union. Within the European Parliament, Jones was a member of the Legal Affairs Committee, the Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee, and a substitute member of the Transport and Tourism Committee, as well as first Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with the United States. Jones also founded the Wales-EU Parliamentary Friendship Group which focused on strengthening Welsh-EU relations and providing a platform for Welsh citizens' rights and interests at the European level post-Brexit.Jones stood for the Labour Party in Preseli [Pembrokeshire (Senedd Cymru constituency)|Preseli Pembrokeshire] at the 2021 Senedd election. She came second with 35% of the vote. At the 2022 UK local elections she was elected to represent the Whitchurch & Tongwynlais ward on Cardiff Council.
From 2021 until late 2023, Jones was the chair of Wales for Europe.
In the 2024 general election, Jones contested the Ceredigion Preseli constituency. She placed third, receiving 11.6% of the vote.
In August 2025, Jones was shortlisted for selection by the Labour Party for the Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf constituency for the next Senedd election.