Stephen Barry, Baron Jones (born 26 June 1938) is a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 to 2001, and since then as a

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Early life

Jones was educated at

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and Bangor College of Education. A teacher, he was president of the Flint County

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. He also served for two years in the

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Political career

Jones first stood for Parliament in

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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.The Queen's Birthday Honours: Norma Major honoured for fundraising

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, 12 June 1999. Retrieved 2013-06-07. He was a parliamentary under-secretary of state for Wales from 1974 to 1979, and became MP for Alyn and Deeside in 1983. In 1994, Jones was appointed by the Prime Minister as a member of the then new

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, on which he served until 2001; when the Committee was dissolved at that year's general election, Jones retired from the

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and was made a

with the title Baron Jones, of Deeside in the County of

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, as was Dale Campbell-Savours, who had served on the Committee since 1997. Jones was replaced as Alyn and Deeside MP by

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. In the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours, Jones was made a member of the

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Other positions

In 2007 he was elected as President of NEWI (

Glyndŵr University Wrexham University (; ) is a public university in the north-east of Wales, with campuses in Wrexham, Northop and St Asaph. It offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, as well as professional courses. The university had students in ...

). He was installed as Chancellor of the university in 2009. Lord Jones was elected vice president of the charity Attend 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. Lord Jones currently holds the title of President of the Army Cadet Force Association Wales, As of 2023, Lord Jones was also appointed President to 2247 (Hawarden) Squadron, Air Training Corps.

Personal life

Jones is a fan of

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References

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