Graham Jones Biography: Age, Parents, Career, Wife, Children, Net Worth
Graham Jones Biography, Age, Parents, Career, Wife, Children, Net Worth – Former British Member of Parliament for Hyndburn, Graham Peter Jones was born on March 3, 1966, in Accrington, Lancashire, England.
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| Name: | Graham Peter Jones |
| Date of Birth: | March 3, 1966 |
| Wife: | Kimberly Whitehead |
| Nationality: | British |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Net Worth: | $1 million-$5 million |
Graham Jones Nationality
Jones was born in Accrington, Lancashire, England. He is British.
Graham Jones Height and Weight
As of the time of filing this report, we have no information about the body measurement of Jones at the moment.
Graham Jones Parents and Siblings
As of the time of filing this report, we have no details about Jones’ parents and siblings.
Graham Jones Educational Background
Jones attended St John’s CofE Primary School, Baxenden, and St Christopher’s Church of England High School, Accrington. He also studied at Accrington and Rossendale College, studying A levels. He was also enrolled in the University of Central Lancashire, to study a BA. In 1989, he studied Graphic Design, and completed the City and Guilds qualification in Desktop Publishing,
Graham Jones Career
Jones was one of two nominees chosen from a pool of four to compete for the safe Labour seat of Peel Ward on the Hyndburn Council in November 2001. He was chosen again in 2004 and 2008.
He was elected to the position of Opposition Leader on Hyndburn Borough Council in May 2005, and he held it until his resignation in May 2010; Jones’s seat was then held by Labour Councillor Wendy Dwyer, Jones’ predecessor in the Accrington South division of Lancashire County Council elections.
Amid the MP’s expenses issue, he stood for county council in June 2009 in the Accrington South Division (Peel, Baxenden, and Barnfield wards).
With a majority of 469 votes, his majority shrank from 17.6% to 17.1%, making it one of Labour’s safest seats. Labour’s number of seats in Lancashire County was cut from 44 to 16.
The Blackburn Citizen revealed in February 2010 that Jones had engaged in a “technical breach” of council regulations when he discussed unadopted roads at meetings, including Annie Street, Hodder Street, and Manor Street, and that on one occasion he had neglected to disclose that he resided on Hodder Street.
The Hyndburn Standards Committee came to the conclusion that Jones had disclosed his address to the council on previous occasions and had not made any attempt to hide it.
Along with this, he got into a disagreement with rival council member Peter Britcliffe in July 2010, who made hints about Jones’s possible other unreported property interests.
This was done during a council meeting by yelling “two houses” at Jones several times. Following legal threats, Britcliffe then issued an apology and admitted that the second house was not his and instead belonged to a deceased relative of Jones.
On June 11, 2009, Greg Pope, the Labour MP for Hyndburn, abruptly declared his desire to resign. Labour selected Jones in November 2009 as their nominee to replace him; in the general election of 2010, Jones won the seat with a majority of 3,090.
After Ed Miliband was elected Labour leader in October 2010, Jones was promoted to the position of Labour Whip. He served as an assistant whip in the Parliament from 2010 until 2015. He was chosen again in August 2013 to represent Labour in the general election of 2015.
On September 14, 2015, Jones announced his resignation from the Labour front benches after Jeremy Corbyn won the leadership election.
The effort to lower the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) from £100 to £2 was led by Jones and was successful. The government has adopted a Labour platform vow by approving the change.
In an effort to increase public awareness of the negative social and economic effects of metal, stone, and heritage crime, Jones also founded and served as chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Metal, Stone, and Heritage Crime.
Jones spearheaded the effort to revise the Scrap Metal Dealers Act of 1964 in order to outlaw the unscrupulous scrap metal vendors who were causing havoc on estates.
To reduce metal theft, he filed a private member’s bill in November 2011 that, in accordance with the Ten Minute Rule, proposed licensing for scrap metal traders. This measure eventually became the Scrap Metals Traders Act of 2013.
He demanded that it become legally mandatory for mobile scrap metal traders to display conspicuous identification signs, and a phone number, on their cars.
As the All Party Parliamentary Group on Venezuela’s Chair by November 2017, Jones promoted backing for the country’s opposition.
Jones was chosen to join the Defense Select Committee in 2017. Jones was a fervent supporter of raising defense budgets and safeguarding the Caucasus and Eastern Europe against Russian aggression.
Jones is one of the six Labour MPs who were chosen by the Parliamentary Labour Party to serve on the Parliamentary Committee, which meets in private once a week with the Labour Party’s leader and deputy leader.
The Labour Parliamentary Committee on Culture, Media, and Sport chose him as its chair as well. Jones was chosen to serve as a Parliamentary delegate to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2019.
Graham Jones Wife
Jones has a partner named Kimberly Whitehead. He was previously married with a son before his second marriage.
Graham Jones Children
Jones has a son from his previous marriage and a daughter with his current partner.
Graham Jones Net Worth
Jones has a net worth estimated to be from about $1 million to $5 million as of 2024. He is believed to have amassed his impressive net worth from his career as a politician where he served as a member of parliament for Hyndburn.
Source: Ngnews247.com