Susan Elan Jones
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Susan Elan Jones MP |
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| Member of Parliament for Clwyd South |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Martyn Jones |
| Majority | 2,834 (8.2%) |
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Southwark Borough Councillor for The Lane ward |
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In office 4 May 2006 – 11 November 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Aubyn Graham |
| Succeeded by | Nick Dolezal |
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1 June 1968 Ponciau, Wrexham, Wales, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Welsh Labour |
| Website | www |
Susan Elan Jones (born 1 June 1968) is a British Labour Party politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Clwyd South, replacing the previous Labour MP Martyn Jones on his retirement.
Jones comes from Ponciau near Rhosllannerchrugog and studied at Bristol University and Cardiff University. She worked as a fundraiser for charities for 15 years before becoming an MP.
In the 1997 general election, Jones stood for Labour in Surrey Heath, coming third. From 2006 to 2009 she was a councillor in the London Borough of Southwark and was deputy leader of the opposition from 2007 to 2009.
Jones is fluent in Welsh, and took her Parliamentary Oath of Allegiance to the Queen in Welsh. She has actively supported Welsh language issues, writing in one article: "I would contend that for a Labour supporter being actively pro-Welsh language is a natural part of our DNA, as much as supporting public services, tackling low pay or taking on any other equalities cause".
When making her maiden speech in the House of Commons on 9 June 2010 Jones spoke of the historic discrimination faced by speakers of the Welsh language. In her speech, she compared the ordinary people who campaigned for the Welsh language at times when it had not been fashionable to do so as civil rights activists "in the mould of Mrs Rosa Parks".
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