David Jones (Clwyd West MP)

This article is about the former Member of Parliament for Clwyd West. For other people with the same name, see David Jones (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable
David Jones
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for Exiting the European Union
In office
17 July 2016 – 12 June 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byThe Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Secretary of State for Wales
In office
4 September 2012 – 14 July 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byCheryl Gillan
Succeeded byStephen Crabb
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office
11 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byWayne David
Succeeded byStephen Crabb
Member of Parliament
for Clwyd West
In office
5 May 2005 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byGareth Thomas
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the National Assembly
for North Wales
In office
10 September 2002 – 30 April 2003 [1]
Preceded byRod Richards
Succeeded byMark Isherwood
Personal details
Born
David Ian Jones

(1952-03-22) 22 March 1952 (age 72)
Stepney, London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Sara Tudor
​
(m. 1982)​
Children2
Alma materUniversity College London
University of Law
WebsiteOfficial website

David Ian Jones (born 22 March 1952) is a British politician and former solicitor who briefly served as the Assembly Member for North Wales between 2002 and 2003 and then as Member of Parliament (MP) for Clwyd West from 2005 to 2024. He sat in the cabinet as Secretary of State for Wales from 2012 to 2014 making him the first Secretary of State for Wales to have served as an Assembly Member.[2]

  1. ^ "Member Profile". National Assembly for Wales.
  2. ^ Haley, Aaron (5 September 2012). "David Jones named new Secretary of State for Wales". North Wales Pioneer. Newsquest. Retrieved 15 February 2013.