Darren Jones
British politician
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| 2025 | Declared that the era of globalisation has 'ended' in response to Donald Trump's tariffs. |
| March 2025 | Made controversial comments during the UK spring statement about Personal Independence Payments, using a pocket money analogy that required an apology. |
| 2024 | Re-elected to Parliament for a 3rd term in Bristol North West with an increased vote share of 49.6% and a record majority of 15,669 votes. |
| November 2024 | Publicly announced to his constituents that he would not support the assisted dying legislation proposed by Labour colleague Kim Leadbeater. |
| July 2024 | Became Chief Secretary to the Treasury. |
| July 10 2024 | Jones was sworn into the Privy Council, granting him the lifelong right to be addressed as 'The Right Honourable'. |
| 2023 | Joined the shadow cabinet as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury during the British shadow cabinet reshuffle. |
| September 2023 | Appointed as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. |
| 2022 | Appointed as a member of the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly. |
| July 2022 | Had notable exchanges with Boris Johnson during the final days prior to Johnson's resignation, informing him that his cabinet was waiting to tell him to resign. |
| 2021 | Passed the Forensic Science Regulator Act 2021 as a successful Private Members Bill, granting statutory powers to the forensic science regulator. |
| 2021 | Appointed to the Online Safety Bill pre-legislative scrutiny committee. |
| 2020 | Appointed as Chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee during his parliamentary term. |
| 2020 | Introduced the UK's first citizens' assembly on net zero to Parliament. |
| 2020 | Began chairing the House of Commons Business and Trade Select Committee. |
| April 2020 | Appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary jointly to Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy and Shadow Attorney General Charlie Falconer after Keir Starmer's election as Labour leader. |
| 2019 | Began his second term as a Member of Parliament, representing the Labour Party, following the general election. |
| 2019 | Appointed as the Convenor of the Future Britain Group by Tom Watson, then Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, in an effort to prevent further party defections. |
| 2019 | Re-elected to Parliament with an increased majority of 5,692, though with a decreased vote share of 48.9%. |
| 2017 | Elected as Member of Parliament for Bristol North West. |
| 2017 | Became a member of the cross-party Science and Technology Committee and the European Scrutiny Committee. |
| 2016 | Traveled to the United States to work for the Clinton campaign in Miami during the US Presidential election. |
| 2016 | Joined the Remain campaign for the EU membership referendum and chaired the Young Lawyers' Network campaigning to remain in the European Union. |
| 2015 | Stood as the Labour candidate in Bristol North West general election, coming second with 34.4% of the vote. |
| 2014 | Darren Jones became a vegan, motivated by concerns about carbon emissions and agriculture, though he occasionally follows a vegetarian diet. |
| 2010 | Stood as the Labour candidate in Torridge and West Devon general election, finishing fourth with 5.3% of the vote. |
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