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Nigel
Jones, MP for Cheltenham 1979-2005, has been a supporter and Patron
of the Kambia Hospital Appeal for many years.
He visited Sierra Leone
in May 2002...[More]
Nigel was born in Cheltenham
in 1948. After leaving school, he worked in the computer industry
for twenty five years. He joined the Liberal Party in 1973 and
stood as a borough councillor in Cheltenham in 1976 and as a Member
of Parliament against Charles Irving in 1979.
He worked abroad in the Middle
East (including Kuwait, Iraq and the UAE) Scandinavia, Hong Kong
and Jamaica for several years before returning to Britain and
winning a seat on Gloucestershire County Council in Cheltenham
in 1989 when the Liberal Democrats had minority control. He became
Vice-Chairman of the Public Protection Committee.
At the 1992 General Election,
Nigel became Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Cheltenham
when he gained the seat from the Conservatives with a majority
of 1,168. In Parliament, he first became the Party's Spokesman
on Housing and Local Government, switching to Science and Technology
Spokesman in November 1993. He served on three Finance Bill Committees
and became a member of the so-called 'Sleaze-Busters', the Select
Committee on Standards and Privileges, set up in the wake of the
Nolan Inquiry into Standards in Public Life.
He successfully defended the
Cheltenham seat in the 1997 General Election, with a majority
of 6,645 and in 2001 with a majority of 5,255. Nigel was a member
of the International Development Select Committee for several
years. He is also an executive member of the inter-Parliamentary
Union and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Union. He also plays
an active role in many All-Party Parliamentary Groups including
being chairman of the Parliamentary Beer Group. He entered the
House of Lords on 29th June 2005.
Nigel Jones is remarried with three children - a son and twin
daughters.
Nigel Jones MP
visits Sierra Leone
www.nigeljones.org.uk |
