Louise Jones | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Lee Rowley |
Majority | 1,753 (3.9%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Louise Elizabeth Jones |
Political party | Labour |
Education | University of Edinburgh (MA) |
Louise Elizabeth Jones is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire since 2024. She gained the seat from Lee Rowley,a Conservative. [1]
Jones studied Chinese at the University of Edinburgh [2]
She is a former Army intelligence officer and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan. [3] In July 2021,she joined McKenzie Intelligence Services as Head of Intelligence. [4] Jones' worked as a senior manager at McKenzie,an "Insurtech analysing the impact of natural disasters". [5]
She served as a councillor for the Loughborough East ward on Charnwood Borough Council,resigning from this role in March 2024 after she was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for North East Derbyshire. [6]
Jones and fellow newly elected Labour MP Jeevun Sandher announced their engagement,shortly after his proposal on 1 December 2024. [7] She met the new Loughborough MP in January 2023 when they were both still on the campaign trail.