# Ros Jones

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{{Short description|Mayor of Doncaster, England (born 1949)}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image            = Ros Jones, Mayor of Doncaster (cropped).jpg
| name             = Ros Jones
| order            =
| office           = [Mayor of Doncaster](/source/Mayor_of_Doncaster)
| term_start       = 6 May 2013
| term_end         = 
| predecessor      = [Peter Davies](/source/Peter_Davies_(politician))
| successor        = 
| birth_name       = Roselyn Christine Jones
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1949|12|20|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [Askern](/source/Askern), [West Riding of Yorkshire](/source/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire), England
| party            = [Labour](/source/Labour_Party_(UK))
| honorific_suffix = [CBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire)
| caption          = Official portrait, {{circa|2025}} 
}}
'''Roselyn Christine Jones''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/580999/new-years-honours-2017-full-list.pdf|date=30 December 2016|accessdate=30 December 2016|work=[Gov.uk](/source/Gov.uk)|publisher=[Government Digital Service](/source/Government_Digital_Service)|title=New Year's Honours list 2017|page=16}}</ref> (born 20 December 1949) is a [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) politician who was first elected in 2013 as the [Mayor of Doncaster](/source/Mayor_of_Doncaster), England.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-22397860|title=Labour's Ros Jones wins Doncaster mayoral election|date=3 May 2013|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 May 2013}}</ref>

==Early life==
Her father worked at [Askern Main Colliery](/source/Askern), {{Convert | 7 | mi | spell = in}} north of [Doncaster](/source/Doncaster). She was born Roselyn Cavnor to Edward (Eddy) Cavnor and Mary (Betty) Hunt. She has an older sister, three younger sisters, and a younger brother. She attended the [Percy Jackson Grammar School](/source/Percy_Jackson_Grammar_School), 1961 entrant.<ref>Admissions Registers. Percy Jackson GS Collection, Doncaster Archives.</ref>

==Career==
Jones served as [Civic mayor of Doncaster](/source/Civic_mayor_of_Doncaster) in 2009–10.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/mayor/About_Me/About_Me.asp| title = About Me, your Elected Mayor| accessdate = 29 July 2014| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131215112542/http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/mayor/About_Me/About_Me.asp| archivedate = 15 December 2013}}</ref>

Jones was appointed [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (CBE) in the [2017 New Year Honours](/source/2017_New_Year_Honours) for services to local government.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61803|supp=y|page=N9|date=31 December 2016}}</ref>

In the 2018 [World Mayor](/source/World_Mayor) prize, Jones came runner up.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2018/world-mayor-winners-2018.html|title=World Mayor: The 2018 Winner, Commendations and Honours|website=www.worldmayor.com}}</ref>

Jones retained her Mayor of Doncaster position in the [election of 2021](/source/2021_Doncaster_mayoral_election).<ref name=bbc-20210507>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-57014071 |title=Election 2021: Ros Jones wins Doncaster mayoral election |work=BBC News |date=7 May 2021 |access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref> In the [2025 Doncaster mayoral election](/source/2025_Doncaster_mayoral_election), she narrowly won re-election by 698 votes over the [Reform UK](/source/Reform_UK) candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-02 |title=Doncaster mayor: Labour's Ros Jones re-elected with narrow margin |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2ew0nzpp3wo |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> After winning she criticised the government of Keir Starmer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Dave |date=2025-05-02 |title=Labour mayor's furious message to Keir Starmer as she narrowly beats Reform |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/labour-mayors-furious-message-keir-35156544 |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Daily Mirror |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Jones lives in [Norton, Doncaster](/source/Norton%2C_Doncaster). She is the widow of Alan Jones, who was a Labour councillor for Norton and Askern until his death in August 2016. They married in 1977 in Doncaster and have a daughter born in October 1985.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://doncaster.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=260 Doncaster Council]

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Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Labour Party (UK) mayors
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Category:Women mayors of places in England
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