{{short description|British politician (born 1954)}} {{for|the Welsh actor|John Owen-Jones}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use British English|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jon Owen Jones | honorific_suffix = | image = | office1 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff Central]] | parliament1 = | majority1 = | term_start1 = 9 April 1992 | term_end1 = 11 April 2005 | predecessor1 = [[Ian Grist]] | successor1 = [[Jenny Willott]] | office2 = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales]] | parliament2 = | majority2 = | term_start2 = 29 July 1998<ref>http://researchbriefings.intranet.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN06065{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | term_end2 = 29 July 1999 <br /> <small>''Alongside [[Peter Hain]]''</small> | predecessor2 = [[Win Griffiths]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04657.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 April 2019 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305023157/http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04657.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | successor2 = ''Office Abolished'' | office3 = [[Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]] | prime_minister3 = [[Tony Blair]] | term_start3 = 6 May 1997 | term_end3 = 28 July 1998 | predecessor3 = [[Patrick McLoughlin]] | successor3 = [[David Jamieson (British politician)|David Jamieson]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|04|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Maerdy]] | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = [[Change UK]] | other_party = [[Labour Co-operative]] {{small|(until 2019)}} | spouse = Allison Owen Jones | relations = | children = Rhys Jones, Owen Jones, Bronwen Jones | alma_mater = [[University of East Anglia]], [[Cardiff University]] | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | website = }} '''Jonathan Owen Jones''' (born 19 April 1954<ref name="Dods">{{cite book|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited|year=2004|page=210}}</ref>) is a [[Wales|Welsh]] politician. He was the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] and [[Co-operative Party|Co-operative]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff Central]] from 1992 to 2005. He was then an unsuccessful candidate for [[Change UK]] in [[Wales (European Parliament constituency)|Wales]] at the [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2019 European Parliament election]].
==Early life== Jon Owen Jones was born in [[Maerdy]]. He attended the [[Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen]] school on Glyndwr Avenue in [[Rhydyfelin]], [[Pontypridd]].<ref name="Dods"/> He studied at the [[University of East Anglia]], gaining a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in Ecology in 1975. In 1976 he went to [[Cardiff University|University College of Wales, Cardiff]], gaining a [[Postgraduate Certificate in Education|PGCE]]. Jones was a teacher before entering Parliament, teaching biology and science in comprehensive schools from 1977 to 1992.<ref name="Dods"/> He was president of Caerphilly [[National Union of Teachers|NUT]] in 1983, then Mid Glamorgan NUT in 1984. He was a councillor for the [[Adamsdown (electoral ward)|Adamsdown ward]] on [[Cardiff City Council]] from 1987 to 1992.
==Parliamentary career== Jones was the Labour and Co-operative MP for the Cardiff Central constituency from 1992 to 2005. He was a [[whip (politics)|whip]] from 1993 to 1998, then a junior minister at the [[Welsh Office]] until 1999. He won his seat again in 2001 with a majority of 659. He lost his seat at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]] to [[Jenny Willott]] of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]].
As part of the investigation into [[United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal]], Jones was found to have over claimed £513.10.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2010/02/04/expenses-mps-with-outstanding-balances |title=Expenses: MPs with outstanding balances |work=Politics.co.uk |date=4 February 2010 |access-date=10 June 2019 }}</ref>
==Post-parliament== He chaired the [[Forestry Commission]]'s National Committee for Wales until April 2013, when its duties were subsumed by [[Natural Resources Wales]], with Jones snubbed from the NRW board by Welsh Labour Environment Minister [[John Griffiths (Welsh politician)|John Griffiths]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/jon-owen-jones-kept-board-2022729|title=Jon Owen Jones kept off the board of Natural Resources Wales|first=Martin|last=Shipton|date=25 October 2012|website=walesonline}}</ref>
In April 2019, It was announced that he would be the lead candidate for [[Change UK]] in [[Wales (European Parliament constituency)|Wales]] in the [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2019 European Elections]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2019-04-23/former-labour-mp-and-minister-named-as-changeuk-candidate-in-wales-euro-election/|title=Former Labour MP and minister named as ChangeUK candidate in Wales Euro election|website=ITV News|date=23 April 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> He was not elected.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/jon_owen_jones/cardiff_central They Work For You]
==Offices Held== {{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{succession box | title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff Central]] | years = [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992]]–[[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]] | before = [[Ian Grist]] | after = [[Jenny Willott]] }} {{s-end}}
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