She was previously a trustee of Shelter and the Waste & Resources Action Programme as well as being on the board of the Circle 33 Housing Trust.

[citation needed] In 2020, Lady Jones was appointed as a member of the South Downs National Park Authority.

Jones was a member of the Labour Party's National Executive Committee (NEC) within the trade union section from 1993 to 2005.

[9] Peter Law, the Labour Welsh Assembly Member for the constituency, resigned from the party and stood against her as an independent.

The Daily Telegraph described Jones' defeat as "one of the most spectacular general election results of modern times".

[11] Following her election defeat, Jones was nominated for a life peerage in 2005 by the Labour Party, according to a list leaked to The Times.

[12][13][14] This leaked list eventually led to the Cash for Peerages scandal in which Jones was not implicated.