Gwilym Jones

{{Short description|British politician}} {{about||the Welsh editor and poet|Gwilym R. Jones}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = |name = Gwilym Jones |honorific_suffix = |image = |office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Cardiff North (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff North]] |term_start = 9 June 1983 |term_end = 8 April 1997 |predecessor = [[Ian Grist]] |successor = [[Julie Morgan]] |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|09|20|df=yes}} |office2 = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales]] |prime_minister2 = [[John Major]] |term_start2 = 20 July 1994<ref name=holders>{{cite web| url = https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04657.pdf | title = Holders of Ministerial Office in the Conservative Governments 1979-1997 | access-date = 5 December 2010 | publisher = [[House of Commons Library]] | date = 11 March 2008}}</ref> |term_end2 = 2 May 1997 <br /> <small> ''Alongside [[Rod Richards]] then [[Jonathan Evans (politician)|Jonathan Evans]]''</small> |predecessor3 = |successor3 = [[Peter Hain]] & [[Win Griffiths]]<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN06065|title=Ministers in the Labour Governments: 1997–2010|journal=House of Commons Library|date=3 July 2012|access-date=29 July 2019|last1=Coleman|first1=Charley}}</ref> |birth_place = [[Chiswick]], London, England |death_date = |death_place = |resting_place = |birth_name = |party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |other_party = |spouse = |relations = |children = [[Fay Jones (politician)|Fay Jones]] |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |signature = |website = }} '''Gwilym Haydn Jones''' (born 20 September 1947) is a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician who served as [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State|Under Secretary of State]] in the [[Welsh Office]].

== Early life == Gwilym Jones was born in [[Chiswick]], London, on 20 September 1947 and moved to Cardiff in 1960. He worked as an [[insurance broker]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gwilym Jones, MP, Papers |url=https://archives.library.wales/index.php/gwilym-jones-mp-papers |website=Archives Wales}}</ref> When he was 21 he was elected to [[Cardiff City Council, 1905-1974|Cardiff City Council]], and is believed to be its youngest ever member. He became deputy leader and acting leader of the Conservative group on the council.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

== Parliament == At the [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]], he was elected as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Cardiff North (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff North]]. He retained his seat until the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 election]],<ref name=next>{{cite web| url = https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-118224242 | title = Next generation? | access-date = 5 December 2010 | date = 15 June 2004 | publisher = [[South Wales Echo]]}}</ref> when was defeated by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour's]] [[Julie Morgan]].<ref name=selected>{{cite web| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3372181.stm | title = AM selected to fight MP seat | access-date = 5 December 2010 | date = 6 January 2004 | publisher = [[BBC News Online]]}}</ref> Between 1994 and 1997 he served as Under Secretary of State in the Welsh Office.<ref name=holders/>

== Personal life == Jones is active in [[freemasonry]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.southwalesmarkmastermasons.co.uk/documents/MarkYearBook2016.pdf|title= Mark Year Book 2016|date= January 2017|work= South Wales Mark Master Masons}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Officers 2017 – 2018 |url=https://www.southwalesmason.com/ra-officers-2017-2018/ |website=Provisional Grand Chapter of South Wales |access-date=30 January 2019}}</ref> His daughter, [[Fay Jones (politician)|Fay Jones]], was [[2019 United Kingdom general election|elected in 2019]] to serve [[Brecon and Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Brecon and Radnorshire]] after beating [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] incumbent [[Jane Dodds]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brecon-radnor.co.uk/article.cfm?id=112168&headline=Fay%20Jones%20%27over%20the%20moon%27%20to%20win%20in%20Brecon%20and%20Radnorshire&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710053848/https://www.brecon-radnor.co.uk/article.cfm?id=112168&headline=Fay+Jones+%27over+the+moon%27+to+win+in+Brecon+and+Radnorshire&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2021|title=Fay Jones 'over the moon' to win in Brecon and Radnorshire|website=Brecon & Radnor Express|language=en|date=13 December 2019|access-date=28 December 2019}}</ref> In 2023, she was appointed to his previous role as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ministerial appointments: November 2023 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-november-2023 |website=Gov.uk |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>

His wife Linda died on 28 February 2022, aged 75.<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Jones |first=Fay |author-link=Fay Jones (politician) |user=JonesyFay |number=1508002447742181379 |date=27 March 2022 |title=We said goodbye to our lovely Mum on Friday, surrounded by beautiful sunshine and all her favourite people. |access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref>

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==Offices held== {{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{succession box | title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Cardiff North (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff North]] | years = [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]–[[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]] | before = [[Ian Grist]] | after = [[Julie Morgan]] }} {{s-end}}

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