Editing Lynne Jones

{{short description|British politician}}
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| name                = Lynne Jones
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| office              = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Birmingham Selly Oak (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Selly Oak]]
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| predecessor         = [[Anthony Beaumont-Dark]]
| successor           = [[Steve McCabe]]
| term_start          = 9 April 1992
| term_end            = 12 April 2010
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1951|04|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Birmingham]], [[Warwickshire]], England
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| nationality         = [[England|English]]
| spouse              = Chris Kirk
| party               = [[Green Party of England and Wales ]] (2024–present)<ref>https://twitter.com/lynnejones_exMP/status/1786701369186898172?t=9WMjl_bNz9Etgt_tOzFW8Q&s=19 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
| otherparty          = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (2023–2024)<br>[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] (1974–2023)
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| children            = 2 sons
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| alma_mater          = [[University of Birmingham]]
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| profession          = Biochemist
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| website             = [http://www.lynnejones.org.uk lynnejones.org.uk]
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'''Lynne Mary Jones''' (born 26 April 1951) is a British politician, who was the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Birmingham Selly Oak (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Selly Oak]] from [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992]] until [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]].

In October 2023, Jones reportedly quit the Labour Party following comments [[Keir Starmer]] made on the [[Gaza war]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-22 |title=Starmer condoned war crimes - ex Labour MP Lynne Jones |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-67182063 |access-date=2023-10-22}}</ref> In May 2024, Jones joined the [[Green Party of England and Wales]].<ref>https://twitter.com/lynnejones_exMP/status/1786701369186898172?t=9WMjl_bNz9Etgt_tOzFW8Q&s=19 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>

==Early life==
Jones was born in [[Birmingham]], and attended the local<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.poptel.org.uk/lynne.jones/grammar.htm |title=Lynne Jones MP |accessdate=2010-01-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613140714/http://www.poptel.org.uk/lynne.jones/grammar.htm |archivedate=13 June 2011 |df=dmy-all }} Education</ref> [[Bartley Green]] Girls' Grammar School (now the comprehensive [[Hillcrest School, Birmingham|Hillcrest School]]) in [[Woodgate, West Midlands|Woodgate]]. She studied [http://www.biosciences.bham.ac.uk Biochemistry] at the [[University of Birmingham]], eventually gaining her [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in 1979. She also has a post-graduate Diploma in Housing Studies from Birmingham Polytechnic (now [[Birmingham City University]]). She worked in research at the University of Birmingham from 1972–86. She was a housing association manager from 1987–92. She joined the Labour Party in 1974.

She has worked in both science and housing, and was a councillor on [[Birmingham City Council]] representing [[Kings Norton]] ward from 1980–94.

===Research interests===
She first studied [[Two-component regulatory system|stimulus-response coupling]] in the rat [[parotid gland]] and at [[Adrenergic receptor|alpha adrenergic receptor]]s. This led to a discovery that there are [[Receptor (biochemistry)|cell-surface receptors]] that are stimulated by hormones and [[neurotransmitter]]s controlled by [[Signal transduction|changes of intracellular]] [[Calcium in biology|calcium ion levels]]. It also involves the conversion of [[Lipid signaling|inositol phospholipid]]s in the [[cell membrane]]. She also worked on the process of agonist-stimulated incorporation of [[Filter binding assay|radioactive phosphate]] into inositol [[phospholipid]]s.

==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>

==Personal life==
She is married, and has two sons (including one born in January 1990). She married Chris Kirk in April 1994 in [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]]. He is Chief Executive of the [[Biochemical Society]]. She is a keen cyclist.

In November 2009, she announced she was having treatment for [[breast cancer]] after a tumour was discovered at an early stage.<ref>{{cite news|last=Walker|first=Jonathan|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/birmingham-mp-lynne-jones-reveals-120234|title=Birmingham MP Lynne Jones reveals breast cancer will affect her General Election campaign|work=Birmingham Mail|date=3 March 2010|accessdate=29 January 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.lynnejones.org.uk Lynne Jones MP] official site
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000159/http://www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/Lynne+Jones/ ePolitix - Lynne Jones MP]}}
* [http://www.openrightsgroup.org/orgwiki/index.php/Lynne_Jones_MP Open Rights Group - Lynne Jones MP]
* [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/2784/lynne-jones Guardian Unlimited Politics - Lynne Jones MP]
* [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/lynne_jones/birmingham%2C_selly_oak TheyWorkForYou.com - Lynne Jones MP]
* [http://publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Lynne_Jones&mpc=Birmingham%2C+Selly+Oak The Public Whip - Lynne Jones MP] voting record
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/60.stm BBC News - Lynne Jones] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20071021084328/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/60.stm |date=21 October 2007 }} BBC profile

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