Darren Jones | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| In office 5 September 2025 – 20 July 2026 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Pat McFadden |
| Succeeded by | Louise Haigh |
| Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
| In office 1 September 2025 – 20 July 2026 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister for Intergovernmental Relations | |
| In office 6 September 2025 – 20 July 2026 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Pat McFadden |
| Succeeded by | Hamish Falconer |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 5 July 2024 – 1 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Laura Trott |
| Succeeded by | James Murray |
| Chair of the Business and Trade Select Committee | |
| In office 6 May 2020 – 4 September 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Rachel Reeves |
| Succeeded by | Liam Byrne |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 4 September 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Pat McFadden |
| Succeeded by | Laura Trott |
| Member of Parliament for Bristol North West | |
| Assumed office 8 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Charlotte Leslie |
| Majority | 15,669 (32.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Darren Paul Jones 13 November 1986 Bristol, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) |
Lucy Symons-Jones (m. 2011) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | |
| Signature | File:Darren Jones MP signature.png |
| Website | Official website |
Darren Paul Jones (born 13 November 1986) is a British Labour politician who was the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 2025 until 2026. He was the Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2024 until 2025. Before, he was the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2023 to 2024. He previously served as Chair of the House of Commons Business and Trade Select Committee from 2020 to 2023. He has been the Member of Parliament for Bristol North West since 2017.
He was a lawyer specialising in technology law, and worked at Womble Bond Dickinson LLP, before becoming an in-house counsel with BT, advising on data, privacy, cyber-security, telecommunications and consumer law.
