Darren Jones

Darren Jones was born on 13 November 1986 in Bristol, and grew up in Lawrence Weston. He attended Portway Community School in Shirehampton, a state comprehensive, and has spoken about his experiences of growing up in poverty.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-08 |title=My parents went without to feed me, says Treasury minister |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c1knz789pgdo |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

Jones studied human bioscience at the University of Plymouth, where he was elected President of the Students' Union. He worked in the National Health Service and served on the boards of the University of Plymouth and the Plymouth NHS Trust, and had a weekly newspaper column in the Plymouth Herald. He later read law at the University of the West of England and the University of Law in Bristol before being admitted as a solicitor.{{cite news |last=Ashcroft |first=Esme |title=Who is Darren Jones? All about the Labour candidate who won Bristol North West in the 2017 general election |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/who-is-darren-jones-election-56940 |work=Bristol Post |date=9 June 2017 |access-date=26 August 2018}}

Jones initially worked at Womble Bond Dickinson LLP, before becoming an in-house counsel with BT, advising on data privacy, cyber-security, telecommunications and consumer law.{{cite web |title=Our alumni: Darren Jones |url=https://www.law.ac.uk/set-for-success/our-alumni/darren-jones/ |url-status=live |publisher=The University of Law |access-date=10 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923023810/https://www.law.ac.uk/set-for-success/our-alumni/darren-jones/ |archive-date=23 September 2020}} In Bristol, he started a mentoring programme seeking to bring young people from his old school into the legal profession. Following the Brexit referendum in 2016, he sat on the board of UK Legal Futures, which brought together leading lawyers to advise politicians and civil servants on legal questions raised by Brexit.{{cite web |title=In-House to in the House |url=https://www.legal500.com/assets/pages/gc/summer-2018/in-house-to-in-the-house.html#sthash.8yZNqfgu.dpbs |publisher=Legal 500 |access-date=26 August 2018 |archive-date=26 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214416/https://www.legal500.com/assets/pages/gc/summer-2018/in-house-to-in-the-house.html#sthash.8yZNqfgu.dpbs}}

Jones stood as the Labour candidate in Torridge and West Devon at the 2010 general election, coming fourth with 5.3% of the vote behind the incumbent Conservative MP Geoffrey Cox, the Liberal Democrat candidate, and the UKIP candidate.{{cite web |title=Election Data 2010 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |archive-date=26 July 2013 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}}{{cite web |date=2010-04-20 |title=Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll: Torridge and West Devon |url=http://www.westdevon.gov.uk/upload/public/attachments/1038/TandWDStatement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated.pdf |access-date=2010-04-25 |publisher=West Devon Borough Council}}{{cite news |title=BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Devon West & Torridge |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e75.stm |work=BBC News}} Jones later sat on the national youth committees of the Co-operative Party and Unite the Union and was elected to Unite's Regional Political Committee in the South West.{{cite web |title=PPC Profile: Darren Jones |date=24 November 2009 |url=https://labourlist.org/2009/11/ppc-profile-darren-jones/|publisher=Labour List |access-date=26 August 2018}}

At the 2015 general election, Jones stood in Bristol North West, coming second with 34.4% of the vote behind the incumbent Conservative MP Charlotte Leslie.{{cite web |title=Election Data 2015 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}} Following the 2015 election, Jones joined the campaign of Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham as its South West Co-ordinator, and chaired Marvin Rees's successful campaign to become Mayor of Bristol.

In 2016 he joined the Remain campaign in the EU membership referendum and chaired the Young Lawyers' Network, a nationwide group campaigning for a vote to remain in the European Union in the 2016 referendum.{{cite web |author=Lawyer2B |title=Young lawyers campaign to keep Britain in Europe |date=27 March 2016 |url=https://medium.com/@darrenpjones/young-lawyers-campaign-to-keep-britain-in-europe-79f75a293a2e |website=Medium |access-date=26 August 2018}} Later in 2016, he went to the United States to work for the Clinton campaign in Miami during that year's US Presidential election.{{cite web |last=Pipe |first=Ellie |title=A Day with Bristol North West MP Darren Jones |date=21 December 2017 |url=https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/a-day-with-bristol-north-west-mp-darren-jones/ |publisher=B24/7 |access-date=26 August 2018}}

Jones was also the chair of Labour Digital, a Labour think tank.{{cite web |title=Labour Digital |url=https://labourdigital.co.uk/ |access-date=24 March 2022}}

At the 2017 general election, Jones was elected the Member of Parliament for Bristol North West, overturning a Conservative majority of 4,944 on a 9.2 percent swing.{{cite news |title=Election 2019: Bristol North West |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000600 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=26 August 2018}} In his maiden speech, Jones noted that he was the first Darren ever elected to Parliament.{{cite news |title=Bristol MP Darren Jones hails himself 'first Darren in Parliament' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-40409507 |publisher=BBC News |date=26 June 2017 |access-date=1 October 2019}}

Between 2017 and 2020, Jones was a member of the cross-party Science and Technology Committee and the European Scrutiny Committee.

In 2019, then Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Tom Watson, appointed Jones as the Convenor of the Future Britain Group, which was established following a number of defections from the Labour Party in a bid to prevent further defections.{{cite news |last=Zeffman |first=Henry |title=Tom Watson's rebel group draws a third of Labour MPs |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/tom-watson-s-rebel-group-draws-a-third-of-labour-mps-jv7g7fqx3 |newspaper=The Times |date=12 March 2019 |access-date=10 January 2022 |issn=0140-0460}}

Jones was re-elected at the 2019 general election, with an increased majority of 5,692 but a decreased vote share of 48.9%.{{cite web |last1=Millett |first1=Briana |last2=Cameron |first2=Amanda |title=Darren Jones' speech in full as he wins Bristol North West seat |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/darren-jones-bristol-north-west-3640225 |website=BristolLive |date=13 December 2019 |access-date=17 September 2021}}

Following Keir Starmer's election as Labour leader in April 2020, Jones was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary jointly to Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy and Shadow Attorney General Charlie Falconer,{{cite web |title=New appointments this week in UK politics, the civil service and public affairs |url=https://www.politicshome.com/members/article/new-appointments-this-week-in-uk-politics-the-civil-service-and-public-affairs-73959 |website=Politics Home |date=20 April 2020 |access-date=17 September 2021}} and served until his election as Chair of the House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee.

Jones built a national profile as Chair of the House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, winning a number of awards{{Cite web |last=Steerpike |date=2023-11-29 |title=Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year 2023, in pictures |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/spectator-parliamentarian-of-the-year-2023-in-pictures/ |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=The Spectator |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Gault |first=Harry |date=2023-03-02 |title=Winners of the Pagefield Parliamentarian Awards announced |url=https://www.pagefield.co.uk/news-insight/winners-of-the-pagefield-parliamentarian-awards-announced/ |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=Pagefield |language=en-GB}} and attracting millions of views of his committee hearings on social media.{{Cite web |last=Merrick |first=Jane |date=2023-01-25 |title=How brutal take-downs of ministers and business chiefs made Labour's Darren Jones a TikTok star |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/labour-mp-darren-jones-tiktok-star-2103557 |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=inews.co.uk |language=en}}

He led on a number of issues including the withholding of redundancy payments from AstraZeneca workers,{{cite news |last=Ralph |first=Alex |date=15 July 2019 |title=Astrazeneca accused of betrayal over Bristol factory sale to Avara |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/economics/article/astrazeneca-accused-of-betrayal-over-factory-sale-frx5z69mb |access-date=2022-01-10 |issn=0140-0460}} the campaign to increase miners' pensions through the Mineworkers Pension Scheme,{{cite news |date=5 July 2021 |title=Mineworkers' Pension Scheme: Rejection a 'slap in the face' |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-57697818 |access-date=2022-01-10}} and the British Post Office scandal,{{cite news |last=Flinders |first=Karl |date=19 May 2021 |title='Nothing off the table' in statutory Post Office scandal inquiry |work=Computer Weekly |url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501082/Nothing-off-the-table-in-statutory-Post-Office-scandal-inquiry |access-date=10 January 2022}} the right for workers to join a trade union at Amazon{{cite tweet |number=1592513823151267840 |user=PoliticsJOE_UK |title="Do you not see there's a problem?" |author-link=PoliticsJOE |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Twitter}} and the dispute related to changes at Royal Mail.{{cite web |title='Why were you given a bonus?' |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/video/news/why-were-you-given-a-bonus/vi-AA16rngJ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=MSN |language=en-GB}}{{cite web |last=Pratley |first=Nils |author-link=Nils Pratley |date=2023-01-17 |title=Royal Mail boss has a shocker as meeting with MPs doesn't go well |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2023/jan/17/royal-mail-boss-mps-simon-thompson-strikes |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=The Guardian}} In 2020, he introduced the UK's first citizens' assembly on net zero to Parliament.{{cite web |date=26 November 2020 |title=Climate Change Assembly UK: The Path To Net Zero |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-11-26/debates/44428DE9-A213-4CBB-9745-3F0F12F84ECB/ClimateChangeAssemblyUKThePathToNetZero |website=Hansard |volume=684}} He has also led Parliamentary inquiries into the decarbonisation of heating,{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Richard |title=Government's approach to low-carbon heat failing to engage public or slash emissions, MPs warn – edie |url=https://www.edie.net/governments-approach-to-low-carbon-heat-failing-to-engage-public-or-slash-emissions-mps-warn/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=www.edie.net/ |language=en-GB}} electricity{{Cite web |last=Mavrokefalidis |first=Dimitris |date=2022-11-23 |title=Drax grilled by MPs over its emission levels |url=https://www.energylivenews.com/2022/11/23/drax-grilled-by-mps-over-its-emission-levels/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Energy Live News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-22 |title=BP declines to reveal how much 'loophole' saved it in windfall tax |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/22/bp-declines-reveal-how-much-loophole-saved-windfall-tax |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} and industry,{{Cite news |date=2021-11-04 |title=Liberty Steel: MPs call for investigation into 'red flags' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59156434 |access-date=2023-01-19}} as well as reform of the energy market in the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |title=MPs call for government to update energy support package after price cap forecasts worsen |url=https://news.sky.com/story/mps-call-for-government-to-update-energy-support-package-after-price-cap-forecasts-worsen-12659115 |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Sky News |language=en}}

Jones also sat on the National Security Strategy Joint Committee and, following the introduction of the National Security and Investment Act 2021, became responsible as Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee for holding the Government to account for its use of national security powers.{{Cite web |date=21 April 2021 |title=Letter from Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to Darren Jones MP |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/5660/documents/55817/default/ |access-date=24 March 2022}} He has also served on the Liaison Committee, the committee that scrutinises the Prime Minister. As a member of that committee, Jones had frequent notable exchanges with then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson,{{Citation |title=Coronavirus: Prime Minister Boris Johnson {{!}} Commons Liaison Committee |date=27 May 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W2rPMS2PxM |access-date=2023-01-19 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Neame |first=Katie |date=6 July 2022 |title=Labour MPs grill Johnson during appearance in front of liaison committee |url=https://labourlist.org/2022/07/labour-mps-grill-johnson-during-appearance-in-front-of-liaison-committee/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}}{{Citation |title='You're hurting the country': Darren Jones tells PM 'on a human level' he must resign |date=6 July 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PHQdqOFAyM |access-date=2023-01-19 |language=en}} including during the final days prior to Johnson announcing his resignation in July 2022 when Jones informed him that his cabinet was waiting for him in 10 Downing Street to tell him to resign.{{Cite web |last=Steerpike |date=2022-07-06 |title=Boris Johnson's five worst moments at the Liaison Committee |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/boris-johnson-s-five-worst-moments-at-the-liaison-committee/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=The Spectator |language=en-US}}

Jones was the founder and chair of the Interparliamentary Forum on Emerging Technologies, a global network of legislators interested in emerging technology regulation, and in 2021 was appointed to the Online Safety Bill pre-legislative scrutiny committee.{{cite web |title=About |website=Institute of AI |url=https://instituteofai.org/about/ }}{{Cite web |first=Joshua |last=Bates |title=The Online Safety Bill: Who you need to know and why {{!}} DeHavilland|url=https://www1.dehavilland.co.uk/articles/blogs/online-safety-bill-who-you-need-know-and-why |date=26 July 2021 |access-date=2022-01-10|website=DeHavilland}} In 2021, he passed the Forensic Science Regulator Act 2021, having been successful in the ballot for a Private Members Bill, giving the forensic science regulator statutory powers to ensure service quality standards from the privatised forensic science companies working with the police.Forensic Science Regulator Act 2021. https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2616 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320145020/https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2616|date=20 March 2021}}Forensic Science Regulator Act 2021 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/14/contents/enacted

In 2022, Jones was appointed as a member of the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly.[https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/offices/delegations/uk-eu-parliamentary-partnership-assembly-delegation/ UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly – UK Parliament]

In the 2023 British shadow cabinet reshuffle, he joined the shadow cabinet as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.{{Cite web |last=Frank-Keyes |first=Jessica |date=2023-09-04 |title=Darren Jones: Keir Starmer moves rising star to Labour's shadow treasury team |url=https://www.cityam.com/darren-jones-keir-starmer-moves-rising-star-to-labours-shadow-treasury-team/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=CityAM |language=en-GB}} He has been described as one of the Labour Party's strongest communicators and became one of the most recognisable faces of the shadow cabinet during the 2024 general election campaign.{{Cite web |title=Who in the shadow cabinet has appeared most on breakfast TV? |url=https://news.sky.com/story/who-in-the-shadow-cabinet-has-appeared-most-on-breakfast-tv-13097230 |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=Sky News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Who is Labour's Darren Jones? Jazz saxophonist and now second in command at the Treasury |url=https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-labours-darren-jones-jazz-saxophonist-and-now-second-in-command-at-the-treasury-13152405 |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=Sky News |language=en}}

At the 2024 general election, Jones was again re-elected, with an increased vote share of 49.6% and an increased majority of 15,669; representing the largest majority ever recorded in Bristol North West.{{cite web |title=Bristol North West – General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001134 |access-date=5 July 2024 |publisher=BBC News}}

Jones was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury{{Cite web |date=2024-07-05 |title=Darren Jones appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy94lpxqde7o |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} and attends Cabinet. As deputy to the Chancellor, he is responsible for public spending,{{Cite web |title=The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/darren-jones |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}} delivering the government's ten year national infrastructure strategy{{Cite web |date=2024-10-10 |title=Chief Secretary to the Treasury sets vision for future of Britain's infrastructure |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/chief-secretary-to-the-treasury-sets-vision-for-future-of-britains-infrastructure |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}} and leading for HM Treasury on the digital transformation of public services. From April 2025, he will also be minister responsible for the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA).{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Beckie |title=NISTA: PM sets out machinery of government changes underpinning new infrastructure body |url=https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/nista-machinery-of-government-changes-treasury-cabinet-office-infrastructure-body |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=Civil Service World |date=21 January 2025}}{{Cite web |last=Gayne |first=Daniel |date=22 January 2025 |title=Reeves’ number two to be lead minister for new infrastructure body |url=https://www.building.co.uk/news/reeves-number-two-to-be-lead-minister-for-new-infrastructure-body/5133932.article |access-date=22 January 2025 |website=Building |language=en}}

Jones apologised for comments he made after the March 2025 United Kingdom spring statement, where he used the example of pocket money when talking about cuts to Personal Independence Payments for disabled people. The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves had said it was "not the right analogy" when asked about the comment in an interview.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkngrv14myo |title=Minister sorry for pocket money example on benefits |last=Wheeler |first=Brian |work=BBC News |date=27 March 2025 |access-date=28 March 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-mp-darren-jones-clumsy-10060704 |title=Bristol MP Darren Jones 'clumsy' to compare benefits to pocket money, says Chancellor |last=Lynch |first=David |newspaper=Bristol Post |agency=Press Association |date=27 March 2025 |access-date=28 March 2025}}

Politico Europe has described Jones as being on the Labour right,{{cite web|date=5 September 2023|title=Tony Blair back in fashion as UK Labour gets election-ready|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-labour-blairites-cabinet-reshuffle-keir-starmer-tony-blair-back-in-fashion/|author-last=Dickson|author-first=Annabelle|access-date=29 June 2024|work=Politico Europe|quote=By contrast Pat McFadden, Liz Kendall and Peter Kyle — three high-profile MPs on the right who worked as government aides during the Blair era — were given big promotions. Darren Jones, who is on the same wing of the party, and Hilary Benn, a Cabinet minister under Blair, were also appointed to Starmer's top team.}} and he has described Tony Blair as one of his political heroes.{{cite news |last1=Ballinger |first1=Alex |title=Bristol's newest MP just revealed his political hero, and it's controversial |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristols-newest-mp-darren-jones-156931 |access-date=15 March 2019 |work=Bristol Post |date=2 July 2017}}

He has been noted as a prominent voice in debates on technology policy in Parliament,{{Cite magazine |first=Sanjana |last=Varghese |title=Change everything: 32 innovators who are building a better future|magazine=Wired UK|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/change-everything-smart-list-2021 |date=3 December 2020 |access-date=2022-01-10|issn=1357-0978}} and has described himself as a techno-optimist.{{cite web|date=16 July 2023|title=The battle for UK Labour's tech crown|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/battle-labours-tech-crown-lucy-powell-darren-jones/|author-last=Bristow|author-first=Tom|access-date=29 June 2024|work=Politico Europe}} He supported Remain in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum. He has supported electoral reform to a proportional system.{{cite web|date=15 May 2023|title=The student housing crisis and political perseverance of Boris Johnson: Epigram Interviews Darren Jones, MP|url=https://epigram.org.uk/epigram-interviews-darren-jones-mp/|author-last=Virin|author-first=Daniel|access-date=29 June 2024|work=Epigram|quote=DJ: 'I would quite like to change the voting system and have a more proportional system', the Bristol North West, MP rounds off, expressing his hopes for positive change.}} He has opposed ending UK arms sales to Israel during the Gaza war, saying that it would not end the war.{{cite web|date=3 April 2024|title=UK urged to stop selling weapons to Israel after killing of aid workers|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-urged-stop-selling-weapons-israel-killing-aid-workers-world-central-kitchen-gaza-peter-ricketts/|author-last=Keate|author-first=Noah|access-date=29 June 2024|work=Politico Europe}}

Jones told his constituents in November 2024 that he would not support the assisted dying legislation being brought to Parliament by his Labour colleague Kim Leadbeater.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Darren |date=7 November 2024 |title=Assisted Dying Town Hall |url=https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/assisted-dying-town-hall-tickets-1076611266279 |website=Eventbrite}}

In 2025 Jones said the era of globalisation has "ended" following Donald Trump's tariffs.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg10yjp7meo Globalisation era has ended, says Treasury minister]

Jones is married to Australian net zero consultant and technology entrepreneur Lucy Symons-Jones, who co-founded the renewable energy company Village Infrastructure in 2011. Due to financial troubles, Symons-Jones left the business in 2014.https://www.villageinfrastructure.com/who-we-are/ They have three daughters. Jones became a vegan in 2014, for reasons related to carbon emissions and agriculture, although he is sometimes vegetarian.{{cite news |first1=Killian |last1=Fox |first2=Molly |last2=Tait-Hyland |date=2018-04-22|title=The builders, the MP, and the chef: meet the new vegans|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/22/meet-the-new-vegans-builders-mp-chef|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Guardian |type=interview}}

Jones was sworn of the Privy Council on 10 July 2024, entitling him to be styled "The Right Honourable" for life.{{cite web |title=List of Business – 10 July 2024 |url=https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-07-10-List-of-Business.pdf |publisher=Privy Council Office |access-date=11 July 2024 |date=10 July 2024}}

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