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Clive Jones
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Wokingham
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byJohn Redwood
Majority8,345 (15.5%)
Liberal Democrat spokesperson on Trade
In office
October 2024 – October 2025
LeaderEd Davey
Preceded bySarah Green
Succeeded byJoshua Reynolds
Leader of Wokingham Borough Council
In office
19 May 2022 – 18 May 2023
Preceded byJohn Halsall
Succeeded byStephen Conway
Member of Wokingham Borough Council for Hawkedon
In office
9 May 2016 – 6 May 2024
Personal details
BornClive Richard Jones
Gillingham, Kent, England
PartyLiberal Democrats
Children2

Clive Richard Jones[1] is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Wokingham since 2024. Jones was a member of Wokingham Borough Council from 2016 to 2024 and served as the leader of the council in 2022–2023. Before entering politics, he worked in the toy-manufacturing industry.

Early life and education

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Jones was born in Gillingham, Kent. He moved to Earley in Wokingham in 1974 and attended The Bulmershe School in Woodley.[2]

Business and political career

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In 1979, Jones became a management trainee at a toy manufacturer. He remained in the company for 27 years, and was its managing director for the last 11 years. Jones has been a director of the British Toy and Hobby Association, serving as chairman from 2004 to 2006 and president from 2011 to 2014.[2]

Jones was elected to Wokingham Borough Council for the ward of Hawkedon in the 2016 council election.[2] He served as leader of the opposition from October 2021 before becoming the leader of the council in May 2022, succeeding John Halsall.[3][4] Jones stepped down as council leader in May 2023 and was succeeded by Stephen Conway.[5][6] At the 2024 council election, Jones stood down as a councillor to concentrate on his general-election campaign.[7][8]

Jones contested the 2015 and 2017 general elections in Wokingham, finishing in third place on both occasions behind the Conservatives and Labour.[4] In the 2024 general election, Jones was elected as MP for Wokingham, achieving a majority of 8,345 votes over the Conservative candidate and becoming the first non-Conservative MP for the constituency.[8]

Personal life

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Jones has lived in Hawkedon, Wokingham, since 1992. He met his wife at a hockey club in Henley-on-Thames, and they have two children.[4]

References

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  1. ↑ "No. 64465". The London Gazette. 22 July 2024. p. 14086.
  2. 1 2 3 "Clive Jones". Wokingham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Agenda and minutes: Annual Council, Council – Thursday, 19th May, 2022 7.00 pm". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 Aldridge, James (9 July 2024). "Clive Jones, the first Liberal Democrat MP for Wokingham". The Reading Chronicle. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Agenda and minutes: Annual Council, Council - Thursday, 18th May, 2023 7.30 pm". Wokingham Borough Council. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  6. ↑ Paulden, Melissa (12 May 2023). "Clive Jones to step down as Wokingham Borough Council leader". Maidenhead Advertiser. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Creighton, Phil (4 March 2024). "Lib Dem councillor Clive Jones to step down in May to concentrate on Wokingham general election battle". Wokingham Today. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  8. 1 2 Aldridge, James (5 July 2024). "Lib Dems win Wokingham for the first time in its history". Bracknell News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
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