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Jenny Jones (Labour politician)

Jenny Jones (Labour politician)

British politician

For other people named Jenny Jones, see Jenny Jones (disambiguation).

Jennifer Grace Jones[1] (née Bew; born 8 February 1948) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West, Preceded by ...

Jones was selected as a Labour candidate through an all-women shortlist.[2] She was elected as Member of Parliament in the 1997 general election for the Wolverhampton South West constituency, defeating the Conservative incumbent Nicholas Budgen with a majority of 5,118. However, fairly early on in Labour's first term in government, she announced that she would not be seeking re-election at the 2001 election. She was succeeded by Rob Marris.

Prior to entering Parliament, she worked as a social worker and had served on Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council from 1991 to 1997. In 2002 she was made an honorary fellow of the University of Wolverhampton.

References

  1. [1]
    "No. 54761". The London Gazette. 9 May 1997. p. 5511.
  2. [2]
    "All-women shortlists" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
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