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Andrew Jones | |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
In office 12 November 2018 –26 July 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Jesse Norman |
Succeeded by | Paul Maynard |
In office 11 May 2015 –15 June 2017 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
Preceded by | The Baroness Kramer |
Succeeded by | Jesse Norman |
Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party for Business Engagement | |
In office 8 January 2018 –12 November 2018 | |
Leader | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | James Morris |
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 16 June 2017 –8 January 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Damian Hinds (2016) |
Succeeded by | Robert Jenrick |
Member of Parliament for Harrogate and Knaresborough | |
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
Preceded by | Phil Willis |
Majority | 9,675 (17.0%) |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Ilkley,West Riding of Yorkshire,England | 28 November 1963
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | University of Leeds |
Website | website |
Andrew Hanson Jones (born 28 November 1963) is a British Conservative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrogate and Knaresborough since 2010. He has twice served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Transport and as well as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury.
Andrew Jones was born in Ilkley on 28 November 1963. He was privately educated at Bradford Grammar School,before studying at the University of Leeds. [2]
Jones worked for 25 years in various sales and marketing roles before becoming an MP. [2] He chaired Conservative think-tank the Bow Group from 1999 to 2000. [3]
Jones is a passionate cricket fan and has been a member of Yorkshire County Cricket Club for over twenty years. [3]
At the 2001 general election,Jones stood as the Conservative candidate in Harrogate and Knaresborough,coming second with 34.6% of the vote behind the incumbent Liberal Democrat MP Phil Willis. [4]
He became a member of Harrogate Borough Council for the High Harrogate ward in 2003. [5] In 2007,he gained more than half of the votes in his ward. [6]
Jones is a passionate cricket fan and has been a member of Yorkshire County Cricket Club for over twenty years. [3]
At the 2010 general election,Jones was elected to Parliament as MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough with 45.7% of the vote and a majority of 1,039. [7] [8] He made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 22 June 2010. [9]
He joined the Regulatory Reform Select Committee in 2010. [10]
Jones was re-elected as MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough at the 2015 general election with an increased vote share of 52.7% and an increased majority of 16,371. [11] [12]
Jones campaigned to remain in the European Union during the 2016 Brexit referendum. [13]
At the snap 2017 general election,Jones was again re-elected with an increased vote share of 55.5% and an increased majority of 18,168. [14]
On 8 January 2018,Jones was reshuffled from Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury to Vice Chair for Business Engagement within the Conservative Party HQ. [15]
On 12 November 2018,Jones was reappointed to the Department for Transport to replace Jo Johnson MP as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,a position he last held in 2017. He was removed from this role in July 2019,and currently has no ministerial responsibilities. [16]
At the 2019 general election,Jones was again re-elected,with a decreased vote share of 52.6% and a decreased majority of 9,675. [17]
Jones was re-selected as the Conservative candidate for the 2024 general election in March 2024. [18]
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