Darren Jones
Darren Jones | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| Assumed office 5 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Pat McFadden |
| Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 5 July 2024 – 1 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Laura Trott |
| Succeeded by | James Murray |
| Chair of the Business and Trade Select Committee[a] | |
| In office 6 May 2020 – 4 September 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Rachel Reeves |
| Succeeded by | Liam Byrne |
| Member of Parliament for Bristol North West | |
| Assumed office 8 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Charlotte Leslie |
| Majority | 15,669 (32.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Darren Paul Jones 13 November 1986 Bristol, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Symons-Jones |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Plymouth University of the West of England University of Law |
| Website | Official website |
Darren Paul Jones (born 13 November 1986) is a British Labour politician serving as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since 2025. He was the Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2024 until 2025. Before, he was the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2023 to 2024. He previously served as Chair of the House of Commons Business and Trade Select Committee from 2020 to 2023. He has been the Member of Parliament for Bristol North West since 2017.
He was a lawyer specialising in technology law, and worked at Womble Bond Dickinson LLP, before becoming an in-house counsel with BT, advising on data, privacy, cyber-security, telecommunications and consumer law.[1]
Notes
- ↑ As Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee from 2020 to 2023.
References
- ↑ Ashcroft, Esme (2017-06-09). "Bristol North West Labour candidate profile - Darren Jones". Bristol Live. Retrieved 2024-02-08.