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For other people with the same name, see <a href="/wiki/David_Jones_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="David Jones (disambiguation)">David Jones (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">David Jones</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_David_Jones_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_David_Jones_MP_crop_2.jpg/220px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_David_Jones_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_David_Jones_MP_crop_2.jpg/330px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_David_Jones_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_David_Jones_MP_crop_2.jpg/440px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_David_Jones_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2020</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Exiting_the_European_Union" title="Minister of State for Exiting the European Union">Minister of State for Exiting the European Union</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />17 July 2016 – 12 June 2017</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">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office established</i></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/Joyce_Anelay,_Baroness_Anelay_of_St_Johns" title="Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns">The Baroness Anelay of St Johns</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State for Wales</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />4 September 2012 – 14 July 2014</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">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></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/Cheryl_Gillan" title="Cheryl Gillan">Cheryl Gillan</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/Stephen_Crabb" title="Stephen Crabb">Stephen Crabb</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 May 2010 – 4 September 2012</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">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></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/Wayne_David" title="Wayne David">Wayne David</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/Stephen_Crabb" title="Stephen Crabb">Stephen Crabb</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; 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/Clwyd_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clwyd West (UK Parliament constituency)">Clwyd West</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />5 May 2005 – 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/Gareth_Thomas_(Welsh_politician)" title="Gareth Thomas (Welsh politician)">Gareth Thomas</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"><i>Constituency abolished</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Senedd" title="Member of the Senedd">Member of the National Assembly</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/North_Wales_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="North Wales (National Assembly for Wales constituency)">North Wales</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />10 September 2002 – 30 April 2003 <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></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/Rod_Richards" title="Rod Richards">Rod Richards</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/Mark_Isherwood_(politician)" title="Mark Isherwood (politician)">Mark Isherwood</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">David Ian Jones</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1952-03-22</span>) </span>22 March 1952<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 72)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Stepney" title="Stepney">Stepney</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Sara Tudor</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1982)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</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"><a href="/wiki/University_College_London" title="University College London">University College London</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Law" title="University of Law">University of Law</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://davidjonesmp.co.uk">Official website</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Ian Jones</b> (born 22 March 1952) is a British politician and former solicitor who briefly served as the <a href="/wiki/Assembly_Member_(Welsh_Assembly)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assembly Member (Welsh Assembly)">Assembly Member</a> for <a href="/wiki/North_Wales_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="North Wales (National Assembly for Wales constituency)">North Wales</a> between 2002 and <a href="/wiki/2003_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2003 National Assembly for Wales election">2003</a> and then as <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Clwyd_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clwyd West (UK Parliament constituency)">Clwyd West</a> from <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a> to <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a>. He sat in the cabinet as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State for Wales</a> from 2012 to 2014 making him the first <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State for Wales</a> to have served as an Assembly Member.<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> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Jones_(Clwyd_West_MP)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>David Jones was born in <a href="/wiki/Stepney" title="Stepney">Stepney</a>, London to Welsh parents, Elspeth (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a> Williams</span>) and Bryn Jones, and is a Welsh speaker.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Who's_Who_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who's_Who-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was a <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> officer who served in northwest India and later ran <a href="/wiki/Pharmacies" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmacies">pharmacies</a> around the <a href="/wiki/Wrexham" title="Wrexham">Wrexham</a> area.<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>He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Ruabon_Grammar_School" title="Ruabon Grammar School">Ruabon Grammar School</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_College_London" title="University College London">University College London</a> – where he was an active member of UCL Conservative Society – and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Law" title="University of Law">Chester College of Law</a>. </p><p>As a young solicitor he had worked in <a href="/wiki/Ruthin" title="Ruthin">Ruthin</a> alongside future Plaid Cymru Deputy Welsh First Minister <a href="/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Jones_(Clwyd_West_MP)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Welsh_Assembly">Welsh Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Jones_(Clwyd_West_MP)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Welsh Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999 he contested the seat of <a href="/wiki/Conwy_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Conwy (Assembly constituency)">Conwy</a> in the inaugural Assembly Elections. In 2002, Jones unexpectedly became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Assembly">Welsh Assembly</a> for the <a href="/wiki/North_Wales_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="North Wales (Senedd electoral region)">North Wales electoral region</a>, filling the seat vacated by the ex-<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Office" title="Welsh Office">Welsh Office</a> minister <a href="/wiki/Rod_Richards" title="Rod Richards">Rod Richards</a>, who had resigned for health reasons. </p><p>Jones made it clear from the outset that he would not seek re-election to the Assembly and stepped down at the <a href="/wiki/2003_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2003 National Assembly for Wales election">2003 elections</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliament">Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Jones_(Clwyd_West_MP)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>, Jones was elected as MP for Clwyd West, defeating the sitting <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Thomas_(Welsh_politician)" title="Gareth Thomas (Welsh politician)">Gareth Thomas</a> by a majority of 133 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-2005votes_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2005votes-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was his third candidacy for the Conservative Party in general elections; he had previously contested <a href="/wiki/Conwy_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)">Conwy</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 election</a> and finished second to Labour's <a href="/wiki/Christine_Russell" title="Christine Russell">Christine Russell</a> in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Chester_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency)">City of Chester</a> in at the <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001 general election</a>. </p><p>His <a href="/wiki/Maiden_speech" title="Maiden speech">maiden speech</a> to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> was on 23 May 2005,<sup id="cite_ref-maidenspeech_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maidenspeech-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when he focused on the needs of his rural constituency and on crime. He also expressed concern about <a href="/wiki/Wind_farm" title="Wind farm">wind farms</a> planned for his constituency (the proposed <a href="/wiki/Gwynt_y_M%C3%B4r" title="Gwynt y Môr">Gwynt y Môr</a> wind farm<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> would be one of the biggest <a href="/wiki/Wind_farms_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Wind farms in the United Kingdom">wind farms in the United Kingdom</a>). </p><p>He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Affairs_Select_Committee" title="Welsh Affairs Select Committee">Welsh Affairs Select Committee</a> from 2005 to 2010, and on 7 November 2006 was appointed <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Minister">Shadow Minister</a> for Wales. He also takes a keen interest in law and order issues and was a member of the Conservative Homeland Security team. </p><p>He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Cornerstone_Group" title="Cornerstone Group">Cornerstone Group</a> between 2005 and 2007, according to <i><a href="/wiki/WalesOnline" class="mw-redirect" title="WalesOnline">WalesOnline</a></i>.<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>On 6 May 2010, Jones was re-elected as Member of Parliament for Clwyd West with a substantially increased majority of 6,419. He was appointed <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under Secretary of State">Parliamentary Under Secretary of State</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Wales_Office" title="Wales Office">Wales Office</a> on 13 May 2010 making him the first Conservative officeholder to represent a Welsh constituency since <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Edwards" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas Edwards">Nicholas Edwards</a> (1979–1987).<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> </p><p>He was appointed <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State for Wales</a> on 4 September 2012,<sup id="cite_ref-BBCWales19475780_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCWales19475780-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>'s first <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet</a> reshuffle, and removed from office in another reshuffle on 14 July 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>'s appointment as Prime Minister, he was appointed as a Minister of State at the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Exiting_the_European_Union" title="Department for Exiting the European Union">Department for Exiting the European Union</a>. He was subsequently dismissed from this role on 12 June 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-Hughes_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hughes-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A fluent <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh language</a> speaker, Jones also maintains an active blog.<sup id="cite_ref-Blog_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blog-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has been known to give up his activity on <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a> for <a href="/wiki/Lent" title="Lent">Lent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCWales19475780_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCWales19475780-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His constituency office is based in <a href="/wiki/Colwyn_Bay" title="Colwyn Bay">Colwyn Bay</a>.<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> </p><p>In February 2013, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> reported that as Welsh Secretary Jones took a <a href="/wiki/Chauffeur" title="Chauffeur">chauffeur</a>-driven <a href="/wiki/Jaguar_Cars" title="Jaguar Cars">Jaguar</a> on a journey of about 100 metres. A spokesman for the Welsh Office said: "The Secretary of State for Wales did travel by car to Cabinet today as he was reading Cabinet papers and briefing until his arrival at Downing Street."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, Jones joined the political advisory board of <a href="/wiki/Leave_Means_Leave" title="Leave Means Leave">Leave Means Leave</a>.<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> </p><p>He later returned to government as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Exiting_the_European_Union" title="Minister of State for Exiting the European Union">Minister of State for Exiting the European Union</a> under Theresa May serving between her appointment as PM in July 2016 and his removal following the 2017 General Election. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Views_on_same-sex_marriage">Views on same-sex marriage</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Jones_(Clwyd_West_MP)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Views on same-sex marriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During an interview on <a href="/wiki/ITV_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV Wales">ITV Wales</a> <i>Face to Face</i> programme in February 2013, discussing a Parliamentary vote on the <a href="/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Bill" class="mw-redirect" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill">Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill</a> on 5 February, Jones said: "I was one of two cabinet ministers who did vote against it and it was for various reasons. Certainly in constituency terms, I felt that overwhelmingly the constituents of Clwyd West were opposed to the change. But also I regard marriage as an institution that has developed over many centuries, essentially for the provision of a warm and safe environment for the upbringing of children, which is clearly something that two same-sex partners can't do. Which is not to say that I'm in any sense opposed to stable and committed same-sex partnerships".<sup id="cite_ref-wales1_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wales1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The gay rights organisation <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(charity)" title="Stonewall (charity)">Stonewall</a> issued a statement expressing disappointment at his comments.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a statement after the interview, Jones said: "I made the point of stressing that I was fully supportive of committed same-sex relationships. I simply sought to point out that, since same-sex partners could not biologically procreate children, the institution of marriage was one that, in my opinion, should be reserved to opposite-sex partners."<sup id="cite_ref-wales1_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wales1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Blog">Blog</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Jones_(Clwyd_West_MP)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Blog"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2014, Jones was accused by fellow MP <a href="/wiki/Guto_Bebb" title="Guto Bebb">Guto Bebb</a> of being co-author of the blog "Thoughts of Oscar".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones denied having anything to do with the blog, for which local newsagent Nigel Roberts claimed full responsibility. Richie Windmill, the leader of the "Victims of Oscar" action group, was arrested in October 2015, along with his wife, on suspicion of <a href="/wiki/Harassment" title="Harassment">harassment</a>, but were released without charge. They claimed the arrest was an act of revenge for exposing David Jones as a major contributor to the blog and accused him of using his masonic connections to arrange their arrests.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Wales_and_Minister_for_Brexit">Secretary of State for Wales and Minister for Brexit</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Jones_(Clwyd_West_MP)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Secretary of State for Wales and Minister for Brexit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 4 September 2012, Jones was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State for Wales</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BBCWales19475780_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCWales19475780-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he was in consequence appointed to the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">Privy Council</a> on 10 September. </p><p>Jones stated his top priorities would be to promote economic growth and deliver major infrastructure projects including a new nuclear power station at the <a href="/wiki/Wylfa" class="mw-redirect" title="Wylfa">Wylfa</a> site on Anglesey, upgrades to rail lines in <a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a> and improvements to the <a href="/wiki/M4_motorway" title="M4 motorway">M4 motorway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/A55_road" title="A55 road">A55</a>, and exploiting the full economic potential of the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Holyhead" title="Port of Holyhead">Holyhead</a> and <a href="/wiki/Milford_Haven_Waterway" title="Milford Haven Waterway">Milford Haven Waterway</a> ports.<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>Issues with the Welsh Government included a Supreme Court challenge by Her Majesty's Government to legislation passed in the Welsh Assembly about local government byelaws<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> and the Welsh government's objection to a Wales Office consultation on changing the boundaries of assembly constituencies. </p><p>Jones described the Welsh Government's renewable energy planning guideline, Tan 8, as "an atrocity".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following Jones leading the Welsh arm of the Vote Leave campaign for the EU referendum, he was appointed as a government Brexit minister in July 2016 under <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>. In June 2017, following a reshuffle by her, Jones lost his position.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Jones_(Clwyd_West_MP)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones has been married to Sara Tudor, a former <a href="/wiki/Nurse" class="mw-redirect" title="Nurse">nurse</a>, since 1982. The couple have two sons.<sup id="cite_ref-Who's_Who_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who's_Who-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBCWales19475780_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCWales19475780-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones is a supporter of <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool F.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-BBCWales19475780_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCWales19475780-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones declared membership of the <a href="/wiki/Freemasons" class="mw-redirect" title="Freemasons">Freemasons</a>, although he wrote in 2009 he had not been an active member for many years.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCWales19475780_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCWales19475780-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Jones_(Clwyd_West_MP)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_AMs/MSs_with_the_shortest_service" title="List of Welsh AMs/MSs with the shortest service">List of Welsh AMs/MSs with the shortest service</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Jones_(Clwyd_West_MP)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Jones's blog</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_Parliament/Jones_David.aspx">David Jones MP</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120916082418/http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_Parliament/Jones_David.aspx">Archived</a> 16 September 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Conservative Party profile</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080707034302/http://www.clwydwest.org.uk/">Clwyd West Conservatives</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/david-jones/1502">Profile</a> at <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Business,_Innovation_and_Skills" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills">Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Cable" title="Vince Cable">Vince Cable</a> (2010–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Secretary of State for Work and Pensions">Secretary of State for Work and Pensions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Iain Duncan Smith</a> 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(2012–2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs">Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Spelman" title="Caroline Spelman">Caroline Spelman</a> (2010–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Paterson" title="Owen Paterson">Owen Paterson</a> (2012–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a> (2014–2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_International_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for International Development">Secretary of State for International Development</a></th><td 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title="Secretary of State for Scotland">Secretary of State for Scotland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Alexander" title="Danny Alexander">Danny Alexander</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael Moore (Scottish politician)">Michael Moore</a> (2010–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a> (2013–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mundell" title="David Mundell">David Mundell</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State for Wales</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Gillan" title="Cheryl Gillan">Cheryl Gillan</a> (2010–2012)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">David Jones</a> (2012–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Crabb" title="Stephen Crabb">Stephen Crabb</a> (2014–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Cairns" title="Alun Cairns">Alun Cairns</a> (2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Culture,_Media_and_Sport" title="Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport">Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a> (2010–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Miller" title="Maria Miller">Maria Miller</a> (2012–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a> (2014–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Whittingdale" title="John Whittingdale">John Whittingdale</a> (2015–2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Cabinet_members_not_heading_a_ministry" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Cabinet members not heading a ministry</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Cabinet_Office" title="Minister for the Cabinet Office">Minister for the Cabinet Office</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Paymaster_General" title="Paymaster General">Paymaster General</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Maude" title="Francis Maude">Francis Maude</a> (2010–2015)</li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">David Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lansley" title="Andrew Lansley">Andrew Lansley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Laws" title="David Laws">David Laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Miller" title="Maria Miller">Maria Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Mitchell" title="Andrew Mitchell">Andrew Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael Moore (Scottish politician)">Michael Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan" title="Nicky Morgan">Nicky Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Paterson" title="Owen Paterson">Owen Paterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Pickles" title="Eric Pickles">Eric Pickles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Shapps" title="Grant Shapps">Grant Shapps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Spelman" title="Caroline Spelman">Caroline Spelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Stowell,_Baroness_Stowell_of_Beeston" title="Tina Stowell, Baroness Stowell of Beeston">Baroness Stowell of Beeston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Galbraith,_2nd_Baron_Strathclyde" title="Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde">Lord Strathclyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_Villiers" title="Theresa Villiers">Theresa Villiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayeeda_Warsi,_Baroness_Warsi" title="Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi">Baroness Warsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Young,_Baron_Young_of_Cookham" title="George Young, Baron Young of Cookham">George Young</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer 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Maude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Willetts" title="David Willetts">David Willetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Secretaries_of_state_for_Wales" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Griffiths" title="Jim Griffiths">Griffiths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cledwyn_Hughes,_Baron_Cledwyn_of_Penrhos" title="Cledwyn Hughes, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Thomas,_1st_Viscount_Tonypandy" title="George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy">G. 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Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Michael" title="Alun Michael">Michael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Murphy,_Baron_Murphy_of_Torfaen" title="Paul Murphy, Baron Murphy of Torfaen">Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hain" title="Peter Hain">Hain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Murphy,_Baron_Murphy_of_Torfaen" title="Paul Murphy, Baron Murphy of Torfaen">Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hain" title="Peter Hain">Hain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010–2024</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Gillan" title="Cheryl Gillan">Gillan</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Crabb" title="Stephen Crabb">Crabb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Cairns" title="Alun Cairns">Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Hart" title="Simon Hart">Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Buckland" title="Robert Buckland">Buckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_T._C._Davies" title="David T. 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