Alec Jones
Alec Jones | |
|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | |
| In office 14 June 1979 – 20 March 1983 | |
| Leader | James Callaghan Michael Foot |
| Preceded by | John Morris |
| Succeeded by | Denzil Davies |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales | |
| In office 12 June 1975 – 4 May 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Ted Rowlands |
| Succeeded by | Michael Roberts |
| Under-Secretary of State, Health and Social Security | |
| In office 18 October 1974 – 12 June 1975 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Robert Brown |
| Succeeded by | Michael Meacher |
| Member of Parliament for Rhondda Rhondda West (1967–1974) | |
| In office 9 March 1967 – 20 March 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Iorwerth Rhys Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Allan Rogers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Trevor Alec Jones 12 August 1924 Clydach Vale, Rhondda, Wales |
| Died | 20 March 1983 (aged 58) Tonypandy, Rhondda, Wales |
| Party | Labour |
| Spouse | Mildred Maureen Evans (m. 1950) |
| Children | 1 son |
| Alma mater | Bangor Normal College |
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Trevor Alec Jones (12 August 1924 – 20 March 1983) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rhondda West from 1967 to 1974 and Rhondda from 1974 until his death in 1983. He held ministerial positions in the governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security (1974–1975) and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (1975–1979). Following Labour's defeat in the 1979 general election, he became Principal Opposition spokesman on Welsh affairs and Shadow Secretary of State for Wales until his death.