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Alex Davies-Jones
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 November 2023
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byJess Phillips
Shadow Minister for Tech and Digital Economy
In office
4 December 2021 – 27 November 2023
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byChris Evans
Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland
In office
26 February 2021 – 4 December 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byKarin Smyth
Succeeded byTonia Antoniazzi
Member of Parliament
for Pontypridd
In office
12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byOwen Smith
Majority5,890 (15.1%)
Personal details
BornAlexandra Davies-Jones
(1989-04-05) 5 April 1989 (age 35)
Tonyrefail, Wales
Political partyLabour
Children3
Alma materCardiff University
WebsiteOfficial website

Alexandra Davies-Jones (born 5 April 1989) is a Welsh politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd since 2019. She was re-elected to the constituency at the 2024 United Kingdom general election. A member of the Labour Party, she has served as Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding.

Early life and education

Alexandra Davies was born on 5 April 1989 in Church Village. She is the daughter of a miner, stating that she was "brought up on the values of socialism". She attended Tonyrefail Primary School, Tonyrefail Comprehensive School and graduated from Cardiff University with a joint honours degree in Law and Politics.

Political career

Davies-Jones was a youth representative for the Labour Party, Co-operative Party, and the trade union Unite the Union.

She began her career as a researcher in the House of Commons and the National Assembly for Wales. Davies-Jones was a Regional Development Consultant for the Electoral Reform Society from 2010 to 2011. She then worked as a communications and press officer for Wales and the West Midlands at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors from 2013 to 2015. She worked for the non-profit Dwr Cymru Welsh Water as a regional communications director and then a community engagement manager from 2015 to 2019.

Davies-Jones was elected as a councillor for Tonyrefail Community Council in 2012, at the age of 23, and for Rhondda Cynon Taf Council in 2017.

Parliamentary career

At the 2019 general election, Davies-Jones was elected to Parliament as MP for Pontypridd with 44.5% of the vote and a majority of 5,890.

Davies-Jones spoke publicly about threats she received in January 2023 after she raised the issue of Andrew Tate's influence over school behaviour in boys. Raising the issue initially at prime minister's questions told MPs “Teachers are now having to develop their own resources to re-educate boys who are being brainwashed online by his deeply toxic messaging.” Davies-Jones involved the police after she received death threats and rape threats.

In February 2023 following on investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Davies-Jones was found to have breached the Code of Conduct for Members in relation to asking a parliamentary question about the British Council. She had taken part in a British Council funded trip to Japan the previous autumn. Davies-Jones apologised and following the report's determination that the breach was "minor and inadvertent", the Commons Select Committee on Standards took no further action.

Davies-Jones is a parliamentary supporter of Labour Friends of Israel and was part of a delegation to the country in February 2023.

During the run up to the 2024 United Kingdom general election Davies-Jones pulled out of a hustings event held by Rhondda Cynon Taf Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the National Education Union. She told the organisers she could no longer participate as a result of threats from another candidate, and was acting on police advice not to attend the event. The hustings event was cancelled.

On 29 June 2024, two constituents were arrested after Davies-Jones filed a complaint of "intimidation" in response to an online video of them asking her why she had abstained on a SNP motion for a ceasefire in Gaza. The two had their homes raided and were given bail conditions restricting their ability to talk about the arrests on social media.

Personal life

Davies-Jones has two stepsons, Blake and Kieran, and a son, Sullivan, with her husband, Andrew, whom she married in 2014. In January 2021, Davies-Jones talked to BBC News about her experiences of cervical cancer.

Notes

  1. Shadow Minister for Tech, Gambling and Digital Economy (2021–23). Stephanie Peacock assumed responsibilities for Gambling.

References

  1. "Pontypridd parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Davies-Jones, Alexandra Mary". Who's Who. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U293980. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. Ruth Mosalski (5 July 2024). "Pontypridd general election 2024: The constituency results in full". WalesOnline. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. "Parliamentary Career for Alex Davies-Jones". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  5. "Meet our Shadow Cabinet". The Labour Party. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  6. ^ Mosalski, Ruth (10 November 2019). "The General Election 2019 candidates standing in Pontypridd". Wales Online. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  7. Bond, Daniel (16 December 2019). "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". Politics Home: The House. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  8. "Cllr. DAVIES-JONES Alexandra". Rhondda Cynon Taf. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  9. "Statements of Persons Nominated". Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  10. "Pontypridd Parliamentary constituency". Election 2019 Results. BBC. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  11. "Election-Results/General-Election-2019". Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  12. Adu, Aletha (31 January 2023). "MP receives rape and death threats after speaking against Andrew Tate". the Guardian. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  13. "Andrew Tate: MP gets death threats after criticising influencer", BBC News, 1 February 2023, retrieved 2 July 2024
  14. "Labour MP Alex Davies-Jones apologises for 'minor' lobbying rules breach". 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  15. Brawn, Steph (24 January 2023). "Front bench Labour MP under investigation for potential lobbying rules breach". The National. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  16. "LFI Parliamentary Supporters". Labour Friends of Israel. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  17. Bloch, Ben (10 February 2023). "'Israel can rely on Labour' declares MP on week-long trip to Jewish state". Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  18. Mansfield, Mark (1 July 2024). "Election hustings cancelled after threats to candidate". Nation.Cymru. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  19. Shipton, Martin (3 July 2024). "Two arrested after Labour candidate challenged about her voting record on Gaza". Nation Cymru. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  20. Mosalski, Ruth (22 December 2019). "The girl who went from working in a bowling alley to being MP for her hometown". Wales Online. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  21. "Alex Davies-Jones MP 'lost most of cervix after delaying smear'". BBC News. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

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