Maggie Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Maggie Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

British trade unionist and politician

Date of Birth: 22-May-1955

Place of Birth: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Profession: politician, trade unionist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Margaret Beryl Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (born 22 May 1955) is a British Labour Peer and previously a trade union official and Labour politician.
She was Chair of the Labour Party from 2000 to 2001. Jones was Director of Policy and Public Affairs of the trade union UNISON until 2006.
In 1979 she became a regional official of National Union of Public Employees (NUPE), which merged into UNISON.
She has a background as a housing campaigner and environmentalist as well as fighting low pay and discrimination at work.
She was previously a trustee of Shelter and WRAP as well as being on the board of Circle Housing Group.
She is currently a board member of Ombudsman Services; Chair of Rothamsted Enterprises; Development Board member of ClientEarth and President of Friends of the South Downs. Jones was born and brought up in South Wales, and was educated at Whitchurch High School in Cardiff and then the University of Sussex.
She now lives in Brighton.

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