Barry Jones, Baron Jones
Stephen Barry Jones, Baron Jones , PC (born June 26, 1938 ) is a British Labor politician .
Youth and education
Jones went to Hawarden Grammar School and Bangor College of Education . He became a teacher and was president of the National Union of Teachers in Flint County . He completed two years of military service in the Royal Welsh Regiment of Fusiliers .
Political career
Jones ran unsuccessfully in Northwich constituency in 1966 and became a Member of Parliament in East Flintshire constituency in 1970 ; he held the seat until 1983.
From 1974 to 1979 he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales and in 1983 took over the parliamentary seat for the constituency of Alyn and Deeside .
In 1994 Jones was appointed by the Prime Minister to serve on the Intelligence and Security Committee , which he served until 2001 when the committee was dissolved.
He did not run for the 2001 general election, his successor in the parliamentary seat was Mark Tami . Instead, he was promoted to Life Peer on July 6, 2001 as Baron Jones , of Deeside in the County of Clwyd, and has been a member of the House of Lords ever since .
Further positions
In 2007 he was elected President of Glyndŵr University in Wales.
Personal
Jones has been a fan of Everton FC since he was a teenager .
He is married to Janet Davies.
Individual evidence
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 056271, HMSO, London, July 11, 2001, p. 8179 ( PDF , English).
- ↑ Lord Barry Jones to become President . Glyndŵr University. August 8, 2007. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ↑ Lord Barry Jones . BBC Wales. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Jones, Barry, Baron Jones |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jones, Stephen Barry Jones, Baron (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician (Labor), Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1938 |