About Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham
Nigel David Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham (30 March 1948 – 7 November 2022) was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from the 1992 general election until the 2005 general election, and as a member of the House of Lords from 2005 until his death in 2022. == Early life == Nigel Jones was born in Cheltenham on 30 March 1948. He attended Prince Henry's Grammar School, Evesham. After leaving school, he worked as a computer operator for Westminster Bank from 1965 to 1967, and then as a computer programmer at International Computers Limited (ICL) from 1967 to 1970. From 1970 to 1971, he worked as a systems analyst at Vehicle and General Insurance, and as a systems programmer at Atkins Computing, before he rejoined ICL as a project manager in 1971. From 1989, Jones was a councillor on Gloucestershire County Council. He resigned from both ICL and Gloucestershire County Council in 1992, when he was elected to Parliament. == Parliamentary career == Jones was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheltenham as a Liberal Democrat at the 1992 general election, winning the seat from the Conservative Party. He had previously contested the seat unsuccessfully as a Liberal Party candidate at the 1979 general election. Jones was a member of the public accounts committee from 2002 to 2005.
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