Jenny Jones (Green politician)
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb FSA |
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Jenny Jones being interviewed
in Norwich in 2010 |
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| Deputy Mayor of London | |
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In office 16 May 2003 – 14 June 2004 |
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| Mayor | Ken Livingstone |
| Preceded by | Nicky Gavron |
| Succeeded by | Nicky Gavron |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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Assumed office 5 November 2013 Life Peerage |
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Member of the London Assembly as the 11th Additional Member |
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In office 4 May 2000 – 6 May 2016 |
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| Succeeded by | Caroline Russell |
| Councillor for Southwark London Borough Council | |
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In office 4 May 2006 – 6 May 2010 |
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| Ward | South Camberwell |
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23 December 1949 Brighton, Sussex |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Residence | Southwark, London, UK |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Profession | Archaeologist |
| Website | www.parliament.uk |
Jennifer Helen Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb FSA (born 23 December 1949) is an English Eurosceptic politician and prominent member of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Jones represented the Greens in the London Assembly from its creation in 2000 until standing down in 2016. She was the Green candidate for Mayor of London in the 2012 election, coming third with 4.48 per cent of first preferences. She served as Deputy Mayor of London from May 2003 to June 2004. She was also the sole Green councillor on Southwark Council from 2006 to 2010. In 2008 the council passed a motion introducing a London living wage policy which was proposed by Jones.
On the London Assembly, Jones's prime areas of interest were transport, housing and planning, and policing, "with a strong emphasis on sustainability and localism". In addition to her period as deputy mayor, Jones has served as Chair of London Food, Green Transport Advisor, and Road Safety Ambassador, during which time the number of people killed and seriously injured on London’s roads decreased by over 2,000 with 20 mph zones and increased traffic policing. It was announced at the beginning of August 2013 that she was to become the first Green life peer in the House of Lords. She was introduced to the House of Lords on 5 November 2013.
Jones mainly grew up on the Moulsecoomb estate in Brighton, with brief periods of time abroad in Lesotho and The Seychelles. She attended the co-educational Westlain Grammar School (now Falmer High School). Before entering politics, Jones worked as financial controller in London. She attended the Institute of Archaeology at University College London as a mature student, studying for an MA in archaeology. She spent approximately ten years as an archaeologist in the Middle East, studying carbonised plant remains, before embarking on a career in politics.
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