Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham
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Nigel David Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham (born 30 March 1948 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire ) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.He went to Prince Henry's Grammar School (now the comprehensive Prince Henry's High School) on Victoria Avenue in Evesham. He was a computer operator for Westminster Bank from 1965-7, and a computer programmer at International Computers Limited (ICL) from 1967-70. He worked as a systems analyst at Vehicle and General Insurance from 1970-1, a systems programmer at Atkins Computing in 1971, and then rejoined ICL as a project manager from 1971-92.Jones was a Gloucestershire County Councillor from 1989 until being elected Member of Parliament for Cheltenham in 1992, having previously contested the seat at the 1979 general election), winning the seat from the Conservative Party.
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