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'''Sir Owen Trevor Jones'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/echo-columnists/2008/11/28/retire-i-think-i-ll-stick-around-for-a-bit-100252-22360768/|title=Retire? I think I’ll stick around for a bit|first=Paddy|last=Shennan|date=28 November 2008|work=liverpoolecho.co.uk|accessdate=10 September 2016}}</ref> (17th 17{{nbsp}}December 1926-9th {{snd}}8{{nbsp}}September 2016) was ({{circa|1926}}a British [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] [[politician]] and former leadermember of the [[Liverpool City Council]].
 
==Family==
Jones was the son of Owen and Ada Jones of [[Dyserth]], [[Denbighshire]].<ref name="auto">‘JONES, Sir (Owen) Trevor’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, Nov 2015 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U22430, accessed 9 Sept 2016]</ref>
His wife, Lady Doreen Jones{{cn|date,<ref name=September"auto">‘JONES, Sir (Owen) Trevor’, Who's Who 2016}}, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, Nov 2015 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U22430, accessed 9 Sept 2016]</ref> is a former Lord Mayor of Liverpool. He has a son, Glyn, and daughter, Louise, and 3three grandchildren, Thomas, George and Ayesha. His daughtlawdaughter-in-law Mia Jones was a Liberal DemocratCouncillorforDemocrat Councillor for [[Chester City Council]]<nowiki/>ancandidate and a candidate for [[City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency)|Chester]] in the [[2005 United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 GenerElectionGeneral Election]].<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cncite web|datetitle=SeptemberElection 2016Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}</ref>
 
==Politics==
===Local politics===
Jones was brought into politics in 1966 when a proposed ring road threatened the demolition of his chandlery business' warehouse. <ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/tributes-former-liverpool-council-leader-11863617|title=Tributes to former Liverpool council leader Sir Trevor Jones|first=Alan|last=Weston|date=9 September 2016|work=liverpoolecho.co.uk|accessdate=10 September 2016}}</ref>
He was elected to [[Liverpool City Council]] in 1968 and Liverpool Metropolitan District Council in 1973. He led the Liberal Party to control of [[1973 Liverpool City Council election, 1973|Liverpool City Council in 1973]]. He became Deputy Leader and Chair of Housing in 1975 and then became Liberal group leader when Bill Smyth lost his seat on the council. His deputy became [[David Alton]] who has been the Whip and he made Paul Mahon group Whip. He then had [[Mike Storey]] as his Deputy from 1980-1991. He served as Leader of the Council from 1981-831978–83, andFrom remained1978/79 athe memberLiberals ofhad an alliance with the Conservatives. Due to party tensions in the council untilLabour chaired the majority of committees in 1979/80 but he won the vote to remain leader. He retired in 1991. In 2003 he returned to public service when he was elected again to Liverpool City Council, serving until 2010.<ref name="auto"/>
 
Trevor Jones, who has died aged 89, formalised and finessed the practice of community politics for the Liberal party, later the Liberal Democrats. In the 1960s he developed new campaigning strategies including the delivery of Focus – the leaflet based on local issues that electors’ identified with – that is still ubiquitous for Lib Dems. He was not its originator, indeed he was far too practical to be a theorist, but he developed the use of Focus and made it his trademark. As an organiser he had phenomenal energy and ambitions to match. First elected as a member of Liverpool city council in 1968, he was the dominant Liberal influence in the city for decades.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Meadowcroft |first=Michael |date=2016-09-21 |title=Sir Trevor Jones obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/21/sir-trevor-jones-obituary |access-date=2023-05-08 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
===National politics=== ▼
Following his initial successes for the party in Liverpool, Jones took an interest in national politics. In 1972 he was elected President of the Liberal Party, serving a one year term. During that year, he took a high profile in the parliamentary by-elections the party fought, overseeing four victories; Sutton & Cheam, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Ripon and Isle of Ely. At the 1974 General Election in February he stood as Liberal candidates in [[Liverpool Toxteth (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Toxteth]] and at the General Election later tha year in October, he contested [[Gillingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Gillingham]].<ref name="auto"/> He was also heavily involved in the [[Liverpool Edge Hill by-election, 1979|by-election win]] at [[Liverpool Edge Hill (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Edge Hill]] by [[David Alton]] in 1979 with a 36% swing. ▼
 
He earned the nickname “Jones the Vote” for the way he masterminded electoral campaigns, especially by-elections.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bartlett |first=David |date=2009-09-08 |title=Sir Trevor Jones bids farewell to Liverpool politics |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/sir-trevor-jones-bids-farewell-3444156 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=Liverpool Echo |language=en}}</ref>
He was knighted in 1981.<ref name="auto"/> Jones' favoured nickname was "Jones the Vote" in reference to his Welsh heritage. ▼
 
▲===National politics===
He died on 9 September 2016 after suffering from cancer.<ref name="auto1"/>▼
▲Following his initial successes for the party in Liverpool, Jones took an interest in national politics. In 1972 he was elected President of the Liberal Party, serving a one -year term. During that year, he took a high profile in the parliamentary by-elections the party fought, overseeing four victories;: [[1972 Sutton &and Cheam by-election|Sutton and Cheam]], [[1973 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election|Berwick-upon-Tweed]], [[1973 Ripon by-election|Ripon]] and [[1973 Isle of Ely by-election|Isle of Ely]]. At the [[February 1974 GeneralUnited ElectionKingdom ingeneral election|February 1974 General Election]] he stood as Liberal candidatescandidate in [[Liverpool Toxteth (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Toxteth]] and at the [[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|General Election later thathat year in October]], he contested [[Gillingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Gillingham]].<ref name="auto"/> He was also heavily involved in the [[1979 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election, 1979|by-election win]] at [[Liverpool Edge Hill (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Edge Hill]] by [[David Alton]] in 1979 with a 36% swing.
 
▲He was knighted in 1981.<ref name="auto"/> Jones' favoured nickname was "Jones the Vote" in reference to his Welsh heritage.
==External links==▼
 
*[http://www.liverlibdems.org.uk/ Liverpool Liberal Democrats]▼
▲He died on 98 September 2016 after suffering from cancer.<ref name="auto1"/>
 
==References==
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▲==External links==
*[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/21/sir-trevor-jones-obituary Sir Trevor Jones: ''Guardian'' obituary]
▲*[http://www.liverlibdems.org.uk/ Liverpool Liberal Democrats]
 
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