Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Margaret Jones

Margaret Jones

Party

Labour

Address as

Baroness Jones

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