Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham
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The Right Honourable The Lord Jones of Cheltenham |
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Member of Parliament for Cheltenham |
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In office 10 April 1992 – 11 April 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Irving |
| Succeeded by | Martin Horwood |
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Nigel David Jones 30 March 1948 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Spouse(s) | Katherine Grinnell |
Nigel David Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham (born 30 March 1948 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.
Nigel Jones attended Prince Henry's Grammar School on Victoria Avenue in Evesham.
After leaving school, Jones worked as a computer operator for Westminster Bank from 1965 to 1967, and then as a computer programmer at International Computers Limited (ICL) from 1967 to 1970. From 1970 to 1971, he worked as a systems analyst at Vehicle and General Insurance and as a systems programmer at Atkins Computing, before rejoined ICL as a project manager in 1971.
From 1989, Jones was a councillor at Gloucestershire County Council. He resigned from both ICL and Gloucestershire County Council in 1992, when he was elected to Parliament.
Jones was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheltenham in the 1992 general election, winning the seat from the Conservative Party. He had previously contested the seat unsuccessfully at the 1979 general election.
Jones was a member of the public accounts committee from 2002 to 2005. He was also the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for a number of topics, including local government (1992 to 1993), sport science and technology (1993), consumer affairs (1995 to 1997), sport and culture (1997 to 1999), trade and industry (1997 to 1999) and international development (1999).
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