I support the ban on menthol tobacco to protect children and I'm glad it has come into effect this week. Before becoming your MP, I was working as a consumer rights lawyer.I now get to work with local residents, community groups, businesses, trade unions and our public services to make sure that Bristol North West is the best place to live.I do that by being your voice in Parliament, and your champion in Bristol.
Labour MP Darren Jones has launched a smartphone app for residents of his constituency in Bristol North West to discuss local issues. Darren Paul Jones (born 13 November 1986) [1] is a British Labour politician and solicitor, who has been the Member of Parliament for Bristol North West since 2017. Mayor Marvin Rees and Bristol City Council members are among the figures taking part in the virtual meeting, which is being hosted by Bristol North West MP Darren Jones. — Darren Jones MPAs your MP, part of my job is to represent you in the House of Commons. I take that responsibility seriously.This website is aimed at you.
He chaired his university's In 2012 Jones was selected to contest his home constituency of Bristol North West, which had been gained by the Conservatives in 2010 with Labour falling into third place.
After going to Avon Primary and Portway Schools (now Nova and Oasis Brightstowe) I went off to university. I was born at Southmead Hospital in the 1980s, and grew up in Lawrence Weston and Shirehampton.
And Labour has a proud history of standing up for working people, championing equality and social justice and showing that we can have a thriving economy as well as funding modernised and fantastic public services properly.I first got involved in Labour Party politics as the leader of Labour Students at Plymouth University. In 2012, I won the selection to become the Labour Party candidate for Bristol North West for the 2015 General Election (but lost by 4000 votes!).
Jones has spoken repeatedly in Parliament about the urgency of tackling climate change — securing an adjournment debate in November 2018, the first on the topic in that Parliamentary session — and acted as the lead member on the Science and Technology Committee's inquiry on decarbonisation and clean growth. Early life and education Each year 973 children in Bristol take up smoking. He is a Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Renewable and Sustainable Energy. He is a frequent champion of workers during industrial disputes, such as the hostile takeover of GKN by Melrose, and took a leading role in successfully securing £12m from AstraZeneca for former employees following the closure of its site in north BristolFollowing his election, Jones set up the Henacre Trust charitable fund, named after the street in Lawrence Weston where he grew up; the Trust awards grants to unlock educational and career opportunities for young people from poorer backgrounds in Bristol North West. do not work properly without it enabled. When contacting this Member, they should be addressed as In the pamphlet, Jones called for spending to be prioritised on technology adoption across the private and public sector to deal with economic productivity and decarbonisationJones also runs Labour Digital, a centre-left think tank focusing on technology issues; and founded the Institute of Artificial Intelligence, a global not-for-profit network of legislators engaged in discussions around the regulation of AI technologies. You may find some parts of this website
It resembles a conventional social network, allowing users to share updates and photos and comment on […] He later chaired the Young Lawyers’ Network, a nationwide group campaigning for a vote to remain in the European Union in the Jones fought what he identifies as his first campaign while at school, in a push to prevent the planned closure of his local sixth-form college.