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Ann Jones - Vale of Clwyd
Ann Jones was born and brought up in Rhyl, where she has lived all her life. She worked for nearly 30 years in fire control rooms in North Wales and Merseyside until her election to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999.
An active trade unionist, Ann served as a national official in the Fire Brigades Union for a number of years and sat on both the Welsh Labour Party and Wales TUC Executives She is currently a member of UNISON and has chaired its Group of Labour Assembly Members. She also remains an ‘out of trade’ member of the FBU.
In 2010 Ann passed the Domestic Fire Safety Measure which will make sprinklers a legal standard in all new homes in Wales. This groundbreaking legislation is a world first that will save lives for generations to come.
Before being elected to the Assembly in 1999, Ann served as a Rhyl Town Councillor and was the town’s Mayor in 1996/7. She was also a Denbighshire County Councillor.
As an active constituency AM, Ann Jones’ main interests include: Education, Community Safety, the Economy, Disability and Regeneration with a specific focus on the North Wales Coast.
During the last Assembly term Ann Chaired the Assembly’s All Party Group on Deaf Issues and the Equality of Opportunity Committee and worked as a member of the Finance, Health Wellbenig & Local Government and several legislation committees. .
