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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/North_Durham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Durham (UK Parliament constituency)">North Durham</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />7 June 2001 – 30 May 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Giles_Radice" title="Giles Radice">Giles Radice</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Luke_Akehurst" title="Luke Akehurst">Luke Akehurst</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Kevan David Jones</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1964-04-25</span>) </span>25 April 1964<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 60)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Worksop" title="Worksop">Worksop</a>, Nottinghamshire, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Polytechnic" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle Polytechnic">Newcastle Polytechnic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_Maine" title="University of Southern Maine">University of Southern Maine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kevan David Jones, Baron Beamish</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span></span> (born 25 April 1964), is a British <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> politician who served as <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/North_Durham" class="mw-redirect" title="North Durham">North Durham</a> from 2001 to 2024. He has been a member of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> since 2024. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevan_Jones&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kevan Jones was born on 25 April 1964 in <a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire" title="Nottinghamshire">Nottinghamshire</a> and is the son of a coal miner. He attended <a href="/wiki/Portland_School,_Worksop" title="Portland School, Worksop">Portland Comprehensive School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Worksop" title="Worksop">Worksop</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Polytechnic" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle Polytechnic">Newcastle Polytechnic</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before studying at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_Maine" title="University of Southern Maine">University of Southern Maine</a>, gaining a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a> (Hons) in Government and Public Policy. </p><p>Before becoming an MP, he was a <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a> councillor from 1990 to 2001 and Chairman of the Development Committee as well as an elected officer of the <a href="/wiki/GMB_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="GMB Union">GMB Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevan_Jones&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parliamentary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001 general election</a>, Jones was elected to Parliament as MP for <a href="/wiki/North_Durham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Durham (UK Parliament constituency)">North Durham</a> with 67.2% of the vote and a majority of 18,683.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2001_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2001-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After becoming an MP, Jones became a member of the influential <a href="/wiki/Defence_Select_Committee" title="Defence Select Committee">Defence Select Committee</a>, and also a member of the Labour Party's Parliamentary Committee. His <a href="/wiki/Private_member%27s_bill" title="Private member's bill">Private member's bill</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day_(Trading)_Act_2004" title="Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004">Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> successfully passed Parliament, and came into force in December 2004. The Act makes it illegal for large shops to open on Christmas Day. </p><p>Jones was re-elected as MP for North Durham at the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a> with a decreased vote share of 64.1% and a decreased majority of 16,781.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2005_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2005-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ministerial_career">Ministerial career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevan_Jones&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ministerial career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Veterans at the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> (MoD) in October 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2009 he was accused of briefing against the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the General Staff</a>, <a href="/wiki/General_Sir_Richard_Dannatt" class="mw-redirect" title="General Sir Richard Dannatt">General Sir Richard Dannatt</a>, who had been an outspoken critic of the government's record on equipping troops.<sup id="cite_ref-skirmish_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skirmish-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A series of <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_information" title="Freedom of information">Freedom of information</a> requests had been made<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> concerning Dannat's expenses, and blogger <a href="/wiki/Paul_Staines" title="Paul Staines">Guido Fawkes</a> "outed" Jones as the culprit, although he did not provide any evidence that directly connected Jones to the requests. Jones, who had tabled Parliamentary questions on Army officials' spending before becoming a minister,<sup id="cite_ref-skirmish_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skirmish-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> denied the allegations and said he had a good working relationship with Dannatt.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones publicly apologised to <a href="/wiki/Joanna_Lumley" title="Joanna Lumley">Joanna Lumley</a> in March 2010 after he had accused her of "deathly silence" over misleading advice being given to some Gurkhas following Lumley's successful campaign to allow more Gurkhas to settle in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, Jones said that while in office he had sought to revoke the government's agreement with <a href="/wiki/Annington_Homes" title="Annington Homes">Annington Homes</a>, by which the MoD agreed to rent back military housing sold to the company under the <a href="/wiki/Second_Major_ministry" title="Second Major ministry">John Major government</a> in 1996, while allowing the company to sell homes the armed forces no longer required, but found it impossible to do so. Jones described the arrangements as "an incredibly bad deal for the taxpayer."<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_opposition">In opposition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevan_Jones&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In opposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>, Jones was again re-elected with a decreased vote share of 50.5% and a decreased majority of 12,076.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2010_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2010-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the election, <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a> appointed Jones Shadow <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for the Armed Forces">Minister for the Armed Forces</a>, outside <a href="/wiki/First_Shadow_Cabinet_of_Harriet_Harman" title="First Shadow Cabinet of Harriet Harman">the Shadow Cabinet</a>. He retained this position under Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a>'s first appointment of shadow ministers in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-kevanjones-bio_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kevanjones-bio-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones became a member of the special Select Committee set up to scrutinise the Bill that became the Armed Forces Act 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a member of the <a href="/wiki/Public_bill_committee" title="Public bill committee">Public bill committee</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Defence_Reform_Act_2014" title="Defence Reform Act 2014">Defence Reform Act 2014</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>, Jones was again re-elected, with an increased vote share of 54.9% and an increased majority of 13,644.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2015_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2015-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2015 Jones made public his strong criticism of the new Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a>, in particular after Corbyn opposed military intervention in the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>. Jones stated "because of [Corbyn's] incompetence, the Tories are getting away with things that are not being properly scrutinised and the people who are suffering are the ones that we represent."<sup id="cite_ref-independent-20151204_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-20151204-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2016, Jones resigned as a Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces, following a reshuffle in which <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a> had promoted <a href="/wiki/Emily_Thornberry" title="Emily Thornberry">Emily Thornberry</a>, who opposes the <a href="/wiki/Dreadnought-class_submarine" title="Dreadnought-class submarine">replacement of the Trident nuclear weapon system</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn">shadow Defence Secretary</a>. In his resignation letter, Jones said he believed that the country had to "maintain a credible nuclear deterrent, while working to advance global nuclear disarmament."<sup id="cite_ref-guardian-20160106_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-20160106-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones later supported <a href="/wiki/Owen_Smith" title="Owen Smith">Owen Smith</a> in the failed attempt to replace <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">2016 Labour leadership election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones supported the <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen">Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is Treasurer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Industrial Heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-parliament1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parliament1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the snap <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017 general election</a>, Jones was again re-elected, with an increased vote share of 59.9% and a decreased majority of 12,939.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCDurhamNorth_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCDurhamNorth-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is a member of <a href="/wiki/Labour_Friends_of_Israel" title="Labour Friends of Israel">Labour Friends of Israel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones was again re-elected at the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 general election</a>, with a decreased vote share of 44.2% and a decreased majority of 4,742.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2024, Jones was criticised for being "rude" and "disrespectful" during a debate in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons" title="House of Commons">House of Commons</a> chamber after describing the <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_Ways_and_Means" title="Chairman of Ways and Means">Deputy Speaker</a> <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Laing" title="Eleanor Laing">Dame Eleanor Laing</a> as "irritating", resulting in a reprimand from Laing who was in the Speaker's Chair.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2024, Jones announced that he would not stand again in the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a> due to health issues.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peerage">Peerage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevan_Jones&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Peerage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After standing down as an MP, Jones was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">life peerage</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2024_Dissolution_Honours" title="2024 Dissolution Honours">2024 Dissolution Honours</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was created <i>Baron Beamish, of Beamish in the County of Durham</i>, on 15 August 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead of following the usual convention of using his surname in his title, he chose the name of <a href="/wiki/Beamish,_County_Durham" title="Beamish, County Durham">Beamish</a>, a village in his former constituency, as well as to pay tribute to <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lawson" title="Jack Lawson">Lord Lawson of Beamish</a>, whom he described as one of his political heroes.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones is a campaigner for workers <a href="/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal" title="British Post Office scandal">mistreated by the Post Office</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mental_health">Mental health</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevan_Jones&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mental health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012, in a debate in Parliament on <a href="/wiki/Mental_health" title="Mental health">mental health</a> issues and their "<a href="/wiki/Taboo" title="Taboo">taboo</a>", Jones spoke about his experience of having <a href="/wiki/Depression_(mood)" title="Depression (mood)">depression</a>, alongside Conservative <a href="/wiki/Charles_Walker_(British_politician)" title="Charles Walker (British politician)">Charles Walker</a>, who spoke about his own 30-year experience of <a href="/wiki/Obsessive%E2%80%93compulsive_disorder" title="Obsessive–compulsive disorder">obsessive–compulsive disorder</a>. Jones stated that he had had depression since 1996. Jones and Walker were both later praised for their speeches by <i><a href="/wiki/Time_to_Change_(mental_health_campaign)" title="Time to Change (mental health campaign)">Time to Change</a></i>, a mental health anti-<a href="/wiki/Social_stigma" title="Social stigma">stigma</a> campaign run by charities <a href="/wiki/Mind_(charity)" title="Mind (charity)">Mind</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rethink_Mental_Illness" title="Rethink Mental Illness">Rethink Mental Illness</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 2015 public disagreement with <a href="/wiki/Ken_Livingstone" title="Ken Livingstone">Ken Livingstone</a> regarding the <a href="/wiki/Trident_(missile)" title="Trident (missile)">Trident</a> nuclear missile system, Livingstone told the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror" title="Daily Mirror">Daily Mirror</a></i> that Jones was "obviously depressed and disturbed" and "should see a GP". 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