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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|Liverpool City Council in 1973]]. He became Deputy Leader and Chair of Housing in 1975
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>
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