Aubrey Jones

Aubrey Jones (20 November 1911 – 10 April 2003) was a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hall Green from 1950 to 1965.

Early life Jones was born in Penydarren. He attended Cyfarthfa Castle Secondary School in Merthyr Tydfil and later graduated with a first-class degree from the London School of Economics, where he won the Gladstone Memorial Prize. During his time at university he joined the Liberal Party, only to leave "after having heard a speech by Sir Archibald Sinclair." Soon after graduation he found employment as a "secretary-cum-research assistant" to the Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon. He was to undertake further work as a research assistant at the League of Nations in Geneva before moving on to journalism. An initial stint as a reporter for the Western Mail led, in 1937, to his recruitment by The Times, where he worked firstly as a sub-editor and then, two years later, as a correspondent in Berlin. Following the outbreak of the Second World War he was recruited into the Intelligence Corps and soon transferred to Section V of the Secret Intelligence Service.

After leaving the Prices and Incomes Board in October 1970, he became chair of Laporte Industries and a director of Thomas Tilling, Cornhill Insurance and Black & Decker.

At the 1983 general election, he stood as the Liberal candidate for Sutton Coldfield, having rejoined the party in 1980

Published works

The Pendulum of Politics, 1946 If Steel is Nationalised, 1949 Industrial Order, 1950 The New Inflation: the politics of prices and incomes, 1973 Economics and Equality (editor), 1976 My LSE (contribution), 1977 The End of the Keynesian Era (contribution), 1977 Oil: the missed opportunity, 1981 Britain’s Economy: the roots of stagnation, 1985