Background
Jones was born in Birmingham, and attended the local Bartley Green Girls" Grammar School (now the comprehensive Hillcrest School) in Woodgate.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Jones was born in Birmingham, and attended the local Bartley Green Girls" Grammar School (now the comprehensive Hillcrest School) in Woodgate.
She studied Biochemistry at the University of Birmingham, eventually earning her Doctor of Philosophy in 1979. She first studied stimulus-response coupling in the rat parotid gland and at alpha adrenergic receptors.
She also has a post-graduate Diploma in Housing Studies from Birmingham Polytechnic (now Birmingham City University). She worked in research at the University of Birmingham from 1972-1986. She was a housing association manager from 1987-1992.
She joined the Labour Party in 1974.
She has worked in both science and housing, and was a Councillor on Birmingham City Council representing Kings Norton ward from 1980-1994. Research interests
This led to a discovery that there are cell-surface receptors that are stimulated by hormones and neurotransmitters controlled by changes of intracellular calcium ion levels.
lieutenant also involves the conversion of inositol phospholipids in the cell membrane. She also worked on the process of agonist-stimulated incorporation of radioactive phosphate into inositol phospholipids.
Jones was first elected to the House of Commons at the 1992 general election.
She was also Chair of the Parliamentary Forum on Transsexualism, and is a patron of Press for Change. From 1993-2001 she was on the Science and Technology Select Committee. Leadership challenge
In February 2006 she announced her intention to stand against Gordon Brown in the Labour Party leadership contest expected to follow Prime Minister Tony Blair"s resignation if nobody else did, so that Brown could not simply be "crowned".
Retirement
Following boundary changes in Birmingham, which reduced its parliamentary representation from eleven to ten seats, Jones was expected to apply for selection for the redrawn Selly Oak constituency which contained wards from the former Selly Oak and Hall Green constituencies.
However, in January 2007 Jones announced her intention to stand down at the 2010 general election. Jones supported the Respect candidate Salma Yaqoob who came second in the constituency.
Cancer diagnosis in November 2009
Politics Show May 2006
Kilroy Silk in January 2004
Clare Short in May 2003
Clare Short"s future in April 2003
Page 3 Girls in January 2003
Housing policy in April 2002
Budget in March 2001
Pensions in May 2009.
She was a member of the Socialist Campaign Group and took part in almost all of the backbench rebellions against the Labour government. Subsequently, Socialist Campaign Group Chair John McDonnell did so instead, but failed to gain enough nominations from MPs and Brown was unopposed.
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During the 2005-2010 parliament she was a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee.