Stephen Barry Jones,Baron JonesPC (born 26 June 1938)[1] is a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 to 2001,and since then as a life peer.
Jones first stood for Parliament in Northwich in 1966,without success,although he reduced the Conservative majority from 4,385 to 703. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Flintshire from 1970 to 1983.[2]
He was a parliamentary under-secretary of state for Wales from 1974 to 1979,and became MP for Alyn and Deeside in 1983.[2]
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,[3] as was Dale Campbell-Savours,who had served on the Committee since 1997. Jones was replaced as Alyn and Deeside MP by Mark Tami.
In 2007 he was elected as President of NEWI (Glyndŵr University).[4] He was installed as Chancellor of the university in 2009.[5]
Lord Jones was elected vice president of the charity Attend[6] in 2013 and currently holds this position.
He was also appointed and currently holds the title of President of the Deeside Business Forum,a business advocacy forum for companies based on Deeside Industrial Park.[7][8]
Lord Jones currently holds the title of President of the Army Cadet Force Association Wales,[9]
As of 2023,Lord Jones was also appointed President to 2247 (Hawarden) Squadron,Air Training Corps.
President on Connah's Quay unit 91 of the sea cadet corps
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