Editing Lynne Jones (section)

==Parliamentary career==
Jones was first elected to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] at the [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992 general election]]. She was a member of the [[Socialist Campaign Group]] and took part in almost all of the backbench rebellions against the Labour government, describing herself in 2006 as "one of the usual suspects" among the [[backbencher]]s.<ref name="k366">{{cite web | title=The Politics Show: Jon Sopel interview | website=BBC News | date=7 May 2006 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/politics_show/4972066.stm | access-date=25 February 2025}}</ref>

Jones was Chair of the Parliamentary Forum on [[Transsexualism]], and is a patron of [[Press for Change]]. From 1993–2001 she was on the [[Science and Technology Select Committee]]. During the 2005–10 parliament she was a member of the [[Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee]].

===Leadership challenge===
In February 2006, she announced her intention to stand against then Chancellor [[Gordon Brown]] in the Labour Party leadership contest expected to follow [[Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]]'s resignation if nobody else did, so that Brown could not simply be "crowned". Subsequently, Socialist Campaign Group Chair [[John McDonnell]] attempted to stand instead, but failed to gain enough nominations from MPs and Brown was unopposed.

===Retirement===
Following boundary changes in Birmingham, which reduced its parliamentary representation from eleven to ten seats, Jones was expected to apply for selection for the redrawn Selly Oak constituency which contained wards from the former Selly Oak and [[Birmingham Hall Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Hall Green]] constituencies. However, in January 2007 Jones announced her intention to stand down at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]]. Jones refused to endorse [[Roger Godsiff]] in Hall Green, instead supporting the [[Respect Party|Respect]] candidate [[Salma Yaqoob]], who came second.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8611719.stm|title=Selly Oak MP Lynne Jones 'not happy' over candidate|work=BBC News|date=9 April 2010|accessdate=29 January 2018}}</ref>

===National Executive Committee===
Jones ran to be on Labour's [[National Executive Committee of the Labour Party|National Executive Committee]], challenging former Welsh First Minister [[Carwyn Jones]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenational.wales/news/20517184.lynne-jones-why-standing-welsh-representative-labours-nec/|title=Labour's 2019 defeat 'was more about Brexit than anything else'|last=Jones|first=Lynne|date=28 July 2022|website=[[The National (Wales)|The National Wales]]|accessdate=28 July 2022}}</ref>