Barry Jones, Baron Jones
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Stephen Barry Jones, Baron Jones, PC
(born 26 June 1938) is a Labour Party
politician in the United Kingdom
.
Grammar School
and Bangor College of Education. A teacher, he was president of the Flint County
National Union of Teachers
. He also served for two years in the Royal Welsh Regiment of Fusiliers.
in 1966 without success, and was the Member of Parliament
(MP) for East Flintshire from 1970 to 1983.
He was a parliamentary under-secretary of state for Wales from 1974 to 1979 and became MP for Alyn and Deeside
in 1983.
In 1994 Jones was appointed by the Prime Minister as a member of the then new Intelligence and Security Committee
, on which he served until 2001; when the Committee was dissolved at that year's general election, Jones retired from the House of Commons
and was made a life peer
with the title Baron Jones, of Deeside in the County of Clwyd
, as was Dale Campbell-Savours, who had served on the Committee since 1997. Jones was replaced as Alyn and Deeside MP by Mark Tami
.
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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(born 26 June 1938) is a Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Early life
Jones was educated at HawardenHawarden
Hawarden is a village in Flintshire, North Wales. Hawarden forms part of the Deeside conurbation on the Welsh/English border. At the 2001 Census, the population of Hawarden Ward was 1,858...
Grammar School
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
and Bangor College of Education. A teacher, he was president of the Flint County
Flintshire
Flintshire is a county in north-east Wales. It borders Denbighshire, Wrexham and the English county of Cheshire. It is named after the historic county of Flintshire, which had notably different borders...
National Union of Teachers
National Union of Teachers
The National Union of Teachers is a trade union for school teachers in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It is a member of the Trades Union Congress...
. He also served for two years in the Royal Welsh Regiment of Fusiliers.
Political career
Jones first stood for Parliament in NorthwichNorthwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Northwich was a constituency in Cheshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.- Members of Parliament :...
in 1966 without success, and was the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for East Flintshire from 1970 to 1983.
He was a parliamentary under-secretary of state for Wales from 1974 to 1979 and became MP for Alyn and Deeside
Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)
-Elections in the 1990s:-See also:* Alyn and Deeside * List of Parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd-Notes and references:...
in 1983.
In 1994 Jones was appointed by the Prime Minister as a member of the then new Intelligence and Security Committee
Intelligence and Security Committee
The Intelligence and Security Committee is a committee of parliamentarians appointed by the Prime Minister to oversee the work of the Intelligence machinery of the United Kingdom...
, on which he served until 2001; when the Committee was dissolved at that year's general election, Jones retired from the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
and was made a life peer
Life peer
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles cannot be inherited. Nowadays life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as...
with the title Baron Jones, of Deeside in the County of Clwyd
Clwyd
Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east, bordering England with Cheshire to its east, Shropshire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Gwynedd to its immediate west and Powys to the south. It additionally shares a maritime border with the metropolitan county of...
, as was Dale Campbell-Savours, who had served on the Committee since 1997. Jones was replaced as Alyn and Deeside MP by Mark Tami
Mark Tami
Mark Richard Tami is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Alyn and Deeside since 2001.-Early life:...
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