Arthur Jones (Conservative politician)

Albert Arthur Jones (23 October 1915 – 6 December 1991) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was twice Mayor of Bedford.[1]

For other people named Arthur Jones, see Arthur Jones (disambiguation).

Arthur Jones M.P.

Life

Bedford-born, Jones was educated at Bedford Modern School and became an estate agent, company director and farmer in north Bedfordshire. He became a councillor on Bedford Borough Council in 1949 and on Bedfordshire County Council in 1956, serving as Mayor of Bedford 1957–59. He was vice-president of the Association of Municipal Corporations and was chairman of the Conservative Party national advisory committee on local government.

Jones contested Wellingborough in 1955. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Northamptonshire South from a 1962 by-election to 1974, and for Daventry from 1974 to 1979. His successor as MP for Daventry was Reg Prentice, previously MP for Newham North East who had defected from the Labour Party to the Conservatives two years earlier. He died in Bedford aged 76.

References
  1. "Bedford Borough Council". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Reginald Manningham Buller		 Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire South
1962 – February 1974		 Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Daventry
February 1974 – 1979		 Succeeded by
Reg Prentice


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