Jackie Jones Explained

Jackie Jones
Party:Labour Party
Constituency Mp:Wales
Term Start:2 July 2019
Predecessor:Derek Vaughan
Successor:Constituency abolished
Term End:31 January 2020
Parliament:European
Birth Date:10 February 1966
Birth Place:UK
Nationality:British
Profession:Politician, Barrister, Academic
Website:https://www.jackiejones.wales/

Jacqueline Margarete Jones (born 10 February 1966) is a Welsh politician, barrister, and academic. She served as the Labour Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Wales from 2019[1] [2] to 2020. She taught law at Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University, and then at Bristol Law School, University of the West of England, where she was Professor of Feminist Legal Studies.[3]

Background

Jackie has lived in Cardiff and Pembrokeshire since 1985.[4]

Jones has been researching and teaching law for over 20 years, first at Cardiff Law School, then at Bristol Law School, UWE. Her main teaching and research interests lie in the areas of gender, migration, asylum process, human trafficking, violence against women, all within a human rights perspective.[5]

Jones was previously the Chair of the Wales Assembly of Women and President of the European Women Lawyers Association, and worked with various equalities organisations, including Welsh Women's Aid and the National Alliance of Women's Organisations.

2019 European Elections

Jones was the Labour MEP for Wales in the European Parliament from July 2019 to January 2020, when the UK withdrew from the European Union. Within the European Parliament, Jones was a member of the Legal Affairs Committee, the Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee, and a substitute member of the Transport and Tourism Committee, as well as first Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with the United States.[6] Jones also founded the Wales-EU Parliamentary Friendship Group which focused on strengthening Welsh-EU relations and providing a platform for Welsh citizens' rights and interests at the European level post-Brexit.[7]

After the European Parliament

Jones stood for the Labour Party in Preseli Pembrokeshire at the 2021 Senedd election.[8]

Since May 2022 Jones has been a county councillor on Cardiif Council for the Whitchurch & Tongwylais ward.

In September 2023 she was selected prospective parliamentary candidate for Ceredigion Preseli at the 2024 general election.[9]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The UK's European elections 2019 . BBC News . 26 May 2019.
  2. Web site: European election 2019: Wales results as they happened. BBC News. 26 May 2019 .
  3. Web site: CV . era-comm.eu . 27 May 2019 .
  4. Web site: Owen. Cathy. 2019-05-27. EU elections 2019: Who are Wales' newly-elected MEPs?. 2021-04-24. WalesOnline. en.
  5. Web site: Jackie Jones CV.
  6. Web site: Jackie JONES. 2021-04-24. European Parliament. en.
  7. Web site: Wales-EU Friendship Group Page. 2021-04-24. Facebook. en.
  8. Web site: Election results for Preseli Pembrokeshire - Senedd Election (Constituency) 2021 - Thursday, 6 May 2021. Senedd.
  9. Web site: Jackie Jones for Ceredigion Preseli . 2023-09-20 . Jackie Jones for Ceredigion Preseli . cy.