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Jennifer Helen Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb AM FSA (born 23 December 1949) is an English politician and prominent member of the Green Party of England and Wales. Jones has represented the Greens in the London Assembly since its creation in 2000. She was the Green candidate for Mayor of London in the 2012 election, coming third with 4.48 per cent of first preferences. She served as Deputy Mayor of London from May 2003 to June 2004. She was also the sole Green councillor on Southwark Council from 2006 to 2010. In 2008 the council passed a motion introducing a London living wage policy which was proposed by Jones.〔() ''Southwark Greens'' Stop paying council cleaners poverty wages''〕 On the London Assembly, Jones's prime areas of interest have been transport, housing and planning, and policing, “with a strong emphasis on sustainability and localism.”〔 In addition to her period as deputy mayor, Jones has served as Chair of London Food, Green Transport Advisor, and Road Safety Ambassador, during which time the number of people killed and seriously injured on London’s roads decreased by over 2,000 with 20 mph zones and increased traffic policing. It was announced at the beginning of August 2013 that she was to become the first Green life peer in the House of Lords.〔( Working Peerages announced ) Gov.uk〕 She was introduced to the House of Lords on 5 November 2013.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/house-of-lords-24554846 http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2013-11-05a.97.2〕 In October 2015 Jones backed her support for Vote Leave; an organisation campaigning to leave the European Union in the forthcoming referendum.〔http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/oct/09/millionaire-donors-back-cross-party-campaign-to-leave-eu〕 ==Early life and career== Jones mainly grew up on the Moulsecoomb estate in Brighton, with spells abroad in Lesotho and The Seychelles. Before entering politics, Jones worked as financial controller in London. She attended the Institute of Archaeology at University College London as a mature student, studying for an MA in archaeology.〔 She spent approximately ten years as an archaeologist in the Middle East, studying carbonised plant remains, before embarking on a career in politics.〔 In 2004, she was named as one of 200 women of achievement by Buckingham Palace. 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「Jenny Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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