Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8272
jonesmag@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested (Labour) Blaenau Gwent 2005 general election
Lords career
Opposition Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport 2010-;
Opposition Whip 2010-11;
Opposition Spokesperson for Education 2011-
Party groups
Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee trade union section 1993-2005;
Chair, Labour Party:
Local Government Committee 1996-2004,
Housing, Transport and the Regions Commission 1999-2004;
Chair:
Labour Party 2000-01,
Labour's Joint Policy Committee 2003-05
Councils, public bodies
General Medical Council, Fitness to Practice Panel 2006-;
Chair, Property Sector Liaison Panel, Ombudsman Services 2007-;
Non-executive director, Waste and Resources Action Programme 2007-
Political interests
Housing, public service reform, food and nutrition, constitutional reform, culture and media
Countries of interest
Burma, China
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, of Whitchurch in the County of South Glamorgan 2006
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Non-executive Board Member, WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme)
Chair, Ombudsman Services: Property (handles complaints about surveyors, estate agents etc)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chair, Circle 33 Housing Association
Board Member, Circle Anglia Housing Group
Member, General Medical Council Fitness to Practice Panel