Lynne Jones

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Dr Lynne Mary Jones (born 26 April 1951, Birmingham) is a British Labour Party politican and the Member of Parliament for the BirminghamSelly Oak constituency.

Born in Birmingham, Lynne Jones studied biochemistry at the University of Birmingham, eventually gaining her Ph.D. in 1979. She also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Housing Studies from Birmingham Polytechnic (now the University of Central England). She has worked in both science and housing, and was a member of Birmingham City Council before being elected to the House of Commons at the 1992 general election.

She is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group and has taken part in almost all of the backbench rebellions against the Labour government. She is also Chair of the Parliamentary Forum on Transsexualism, and is a patron of Press for Change. She is married with two children.