Kevan David Jones MP (born 25 April 1964) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is currently Labour Member of Parliament for the North Durham constituency, which includes the towns of Chester-le-Street and Stanley and was first elected in 2001. Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ... Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (116th in leap years). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Creation 1832, 1983 MP Kevan Jones Party Labour Type House of Commons County County Durham EP constituency North East England North Durham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... Chester-le-Street is a market town in County Durham, England with a history going back to Roman times. ... Stanley is a former mining town in County Durham, England. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Early life

Kevan Jones was born in Nottinghamshire and is the son of a coal miner. He went to the comprehensive Portland School on Sparken Hill in Worksop. He attended the University of Southern Maine in the USA, although his Who's Who entry lists no qualification obtained by that attendance. He claims later to have gained a postgraduate qualification at Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University), although Who's Who says that it is a BA (Hons) in Government & Public Policy. Before being elected as an MP, he had been a Newcastle-upon-Tyne councillor from 1990 - March 2001 where he was Chairman of the Development Committee, and an elected political and legal officer of the GMB Union. Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Worksop is a town in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England on the River Ryton at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest. ... The University of Southern Maine (USM) is a multi-campus public university and part of the University of Maine System. ... Northumbria University is a modern university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. ... A B.A. issused as a certificate Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... Newcastle upon Tyne (usually shortened to Newcastle) is a city in north-east England. ... The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 700,000 members. ...

Parliamentary career

He is a member of the influential Defence Select Committee, and also a member of the Labour Party's Parliamentary Committee. His Private Member's Bill, the Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004, successfully passed Parliament, and came into force in December 2004. The Act makes it illegal for large shops to open on Christmas day. The Defence Committee is one of the Select Committees of the British House of Commons. ... A Private Members Bill is a proposed law introduced by a backbench member of parliament, whether from the government or the opposition side, to that legislature or parliament. ... The Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that prevents shops over 280 sq m/3,000 sq ft from opening on Christmas Day. ...

Kevan Jones held on to his 'safe' North Durham seat in the 2005 general election, with a majority of 16,781. He polled 64.1% of the vote.

Labour Party career

A prominent backbencher, Kevan Jones has described himself as 'not overtly' New Labour. New Labour is an alternative name of the British political Labour Party. ...

In September 2006 he was one of a number of supporters of the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, who signed a letter calling on Tony Blair to resign as Prime Minister.

In May 2007 he supported the nomination of Harriet Harman MP in the elections for a new Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. Harriet Ruth Harman QC, MP (born July 30, 1950, London) is a British Solicitor and Labour politician. ...

External links

• Kevan Jones MP official site
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Kevan Jones MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Kevan Jones MP
• Voting record at the Public Whip
• BBC Politics page

Video clips

• Keeping Christmas Day special

News items

• Opposing shops opening on Christmas Day in 2004