Ann Jones (politician)

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Ann Jones AM


Member of the Welsh Assembly for Vale of Clwyd
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 1999
Preceded by	New Assembly
Majority	768 (3.1%)
Deputy Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 May 2016
Preceded by	David Melding
Personal details
Born	(1953-11-04) 4 November 1953 Rhyl
Political party	Welsh Labour Co-operative
Spouse(s)	Adrian Jones
Children	Victoria & Vincent
Residence	Rhyl
Committees	Children and Young People, Finance & Scrutiny of the First Minister
Religion	Christian
Website	annjones.org.uk

Margaret Ann Jones AM (born 4 November 1953) is a Welsh Labour Co-operative^[1] politician. Born in Rhyl, Denbighshire, Jones has represented the Vale of Clwyd constituency since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999. As of 2013 Jones was Chair of the Children and Young People Committee. From 2011-2013, Jones chaired the Communities, Equalities and Local Government Committee.

Her political interests include education, tourism, community safety, regeneration, social policy and the Emergency Services.

Jones was educated in Rhyl, and was a Rhyl Town Councillor and a Denbighshire County Councillor, as well as a Fire Brigades Union national official.

In the third Assembly, Jones chaired the Equality of Opportunity Committee.

Jones has had a number of positions within the Labour Party, previously serving on the Welsh Executive Committee. Since the start of the Fourth Assembly, Jones has been Chair of the Assembly Labour Group.

References

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Offices held

National Assembly for Wales
Preceded by (new post)	Assembly Member for Vale of Clwyd 1999–present	Incumbent
Preceded by David Melding	Deputy Presiding Officer 2016–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Current members of the National Assembly for Wales

As of the 5th Assembly

Labour (29)	Mick Antoniw Hannah Blythyn Dawn Bowden Jayne Bryant Hefin David Alun Davies Mark Drakeford Rebecca Evans Vaughan Gething John Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Mike Hedges Vikki Howells Jane Hutt Huw Irranca-Davies Julie James Ann Jones Carwyn Jones † Jeremy Miles Eluned Morgan Julie Morgan Lynne Neagle Rhianon Passmore Jenny Rathbone David Rees Carl Sargeant Ken Skates Lee Waters Joyce Watson

Plaid Cymru (11)	Llŷr Huws Gruffydd Siân Gwenllian Bethan Jenkins Elin Jones Rhun ap Iorwerth Steffan Lewis David Lloyd Neil McEvoy Adam Price Simon Thomas Leanne Wood †

Conservatives (11)	Mohammad Asghar Angela Burns Andrew R. T. Davies † Paul Davies Suzy Davies Janet Finch-Saunders Russell George David Melding Mark Isherwood Darren Millar Nick Ramsay

UK Independence Party (6)	Gareth Bennett Michelle Brown Neil Hamilton † Caroline Jones Mark Reckless David Rowlands

Liberal Democrats (1)	Kirsty Williams

Independent (2)	Dafydd Elis-Thomas Nathan Gill

Presiding Officer: Elin Jones † = Party leaders

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