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Alec Jones
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
In office
14 June 1979 – 20 March 1983
LeaderJames Callaghan
Michael Foot
Preceded byJohn Morris
Succeeded byDenzil Davies
Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office
12 June 1975 – 4 May 1979
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
James Callaghan
Preceded byTed Rowlands
Succeeded byMichael Roberts
Under-Secretary of State, Health and Social Security
In office
18 October 1974 – 12 June 1975
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byRobert Brown
Succeeded byMichael Meacher
Member of Parliament for Rhondda
Rhondda West (1967–1974)
In office
9 March 1967 – 20 March 1983
Preceded byIorwerth Rhys Thomas
Succeeded byAllan Rogers
Personal details
Born(1924-08-12)12 August 1924
Died20 March 1983(1983-03-20) (aged 58)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour

Trevor Alec Jones (12 August 1924 – 20 March 1983) was a British Labour Party politician.

Jones was Member of Parliament for Rhondda West from the Rhondda West by-election, 1967 until the constituency was abolished in 1974, and for Rhondda from 1974 until he died in office shortly before the 1983 general election at the age of 58. He was a junior minister for Social Security from 1974 to 1975 and for Wales from 1975 to 1979.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Rhondda West
1967February 1974
Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Rhondda
February 19741983
Succeeded by