Denise Idris Jones
Denise Idris Jones | |
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| Member of the Welsh Assembly for Conwy | |
| In office 1 May 2003 – 3 May 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Gareth Jones |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished Gareth Jones (Aberconwy) Alun Ffred Jones (Arfon) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 December 1950 |
| Died | 24 July 2020 (aged 69) |
Denise Idris Jones (7 December 1950 – 24 July 2020; née Woodrow)[1] was a Welsh politician and teacher. She was Labour member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Conwy Assembly constituency between 2003 and 2007.[2]
Personal Life & Teaching Career
[edit]As a student in Liverpool, she worked for Harold Wilson’s campaign. She taught English and French at Grango Secondary Modern School, Rhosllanerchrugog, for around 30 years. Jones spoke Welsh, English, and French. She lived in Ruthin, where she died on 24 July 2020.[3]
Political career
[edit]Jones contested the Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency in the 1999 National Assembly for Wales election. She lost to Dafydd Elis-Thomas.[4] At the 2003 Assembly elections she contested the Conwy assembly constituency, and beat Plaid Cymru incumbent Gareth Jones by just 72 votes.[5]
In 2003, shortly after Jones was elected, during a normal day's proceedings she left the assembly chamber to post a letter. While she was gone, the then Welsh government lost a motion on its business schedule, after the vote deadlocked 29-29 and the tie was broken in the negative by then Presiding Officer Dafydd Elis-Thomas. This was due to Assembly standing orders required the Presiding Office to vote in the negative when no further discussion was possible. Jones apologised for the error, stating "I am sorry that I missed the vote because I have found as a new member that I haven't been made aware of certain things. I took a letter up to the office and there was no division bell which I expected and when I got back I had missed the vote. I'll never do that again."[6]
She served on the Culture, Welsh Language & Sport Committee; the Education & Lifelong Learning Committee; the Audit Committee and the North Wales Regional Committee.[7]
For the 2007 Assembly elections, the Conwy constituency she had served as member for was split across the new Aberconwy and Arfon constituencies.[8] She contested the Aberconwy constituency, and came third in this election, losing to previous opponent Gareth Jones.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Former Conwy AM Denise Idris Jones dies". BBC News. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Analysis of Welsh Assembly Selections" (PDF). electoral-reform.org.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "Denise Idris Jones". Wrexham Leader. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Election results for Meirionydd Nant Conwy, 6 May 1999". business.senedd.wales. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Election results for Conwy, 1 May 2003". business.senedd.wales. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ Bodden, Tom (4 June 2003). "Rookie AM's letter caused party defeat". North Wales Live. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Denise Idris Jones". 29 March 2007.
- ^ Assembly Constituencies and Electoral Regions National Assembly for Wales, Jan. 2007. Accessed 14 April 2020
- ^ "Election results for Aberconwy, 3 May 2007". business.senedd.wales. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
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