Ros Jones | |
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Mayor of Doncaster | |
Assumed office 6 May 2013 | |
Preceded by | Peter Davies |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Askern,West Riding of Yorkshire,England | 20 December 1949
Political party | Labour |
Roselyn Christine Jones [2] CBE (born 20 December 1949) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom who is the Mayor of Doncaster,first elected in 2013. [3]
Her father worked at Askern Main Colliery,seven miles north of Doncaster. She was born Roselyn Cavnor to Edward (Eddy) Cavnor and Mary (Betty) Hunt. She has an older sister,three younger sisters,and a younger brother. She attended the Percy Jackson Grammar School,1961 entrant. [4]
Jones served as Civic mayor of Doncaster in 2009–10. [5]
Jones was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to local government. [6]
In the 2018 World Mayor prize,Jones came runner up. [7]
Jones retained her Mayor of Doncaster position in the 2021 election. [8]
Jones lives in Norton,Doncaster. She is the widow of Alan Jones,who was a Labour councillor for Norton and Askern until his death in August 2016. They married in 1977 in Doncaster and have a daughter born in October 1985.
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