|
Graham Peter Jones (born 3 March 1966) is a British Labour Party politician and the current Member of Parliament (MP) for Hyndburn. ==Early life and education== Jones was brought up in Baxenden attending St John's CofE Primary School, Baxenden, and St Christopher's Church of England High School, Accrington. He attended Accrington and Rossendale College, studying 'A' Levels. After three years at college, Jones was employed for Blackburn with Darwen Council on refuse collection, and by Lancashire County Council as a carer home assistant. Jones attended the University of Central Lancashire, to study a BA (Hons) in Applied Social Studies. In 1989, he studied Graphic Design, and completed the City and Guilds qualification in Desktop Publishing, followed by an employment at Hollands Pies. Jones had periods of temporary and part-time work, followed for Lancashire County Council as a community transport driver. This was before working in print prepress doing agency work, then being employed at the ''Manchester Evening News''. Jones also taught prepress at evening classes at Preston College, later at Accrington and Rossendale College. From 2001–2010, Jones worked at ''Daltons Printers'' until 7 May 2010, the day after the 2010 General Election. A relative of the former Labour Mayor, Kathleen Thom who represented Clayton Ward in the 1980s and 1990s and nephew by marriage to Len Dickenson, a former Mayor who represented Church Ward for the Labour Party in the 1980s and 1990s. Jones' father's family originate from the Mill Hill area of Blackburn and his mother's family from Accrington. His grandfather worked at Howard and Bulloughs Cotton Mill where he worked alongside Hyndburn Accrington Pals historian Walter Holmes. “I was on the next bench to Jones’ grandfather, and we worked as pattern makers." His great grandfather lived on Grange Street, working as a livery driver at Accrington railway station. He had served in the Royal Ambulance Medical Corps during the World War I (Pvt Edwin Taylor RAMC 100489, 38 Grange Street). Jones' grandmother was a milliner who owned a hat shop, 'La Mode' in the 1960s and 1970s, on Abbey Street, Accrington. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Graham Jones (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|