Barry Jones, Baron Jones

"Lord Jones" redirects here. For other uses, see Baron Jones (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable The Lord Jones KBE
Member of Parliament for Alyn and Deeside East Flintshire (1970-1983)
In office 18 June 1970 – 7 June 2001
Preceded by	Eirene White
Succeeded by	Mark Tami
Personal details
Born	26 June 1938 (1938-06-26)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour

Stephen Barry Jones, Baron Jones, PC (born 26 June 1938) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Early life

Jones was educated at Hawarden 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.

Political career

Jones first stood for Parliament in Northwich 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.

Other positions

In 2007 he was elected as President of NEWI (Glyndŵr University).

Personal life

Jones is a lifelong fan of Everton Football Club.

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Eirene White	Member of Parliament for East Flintshire 1970–1983	Constituency Abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Alyn and Deeside 1983–2001	Succeeded by Mark Tami