Les Jones has lived in the North West of England all of his life , and is familiar with the problems of the area. Les is married with 2 grown up sons. He has fought parliamentary seats in Hyndburn and Ashton under Lyne and is a robust and experienced campaigner.

Having spent much of his life working in education, he is proud of what state education has achieved and is keen to see further development in both schools and the provision of further and higher education at local level. Les would be eager to see much more interaction between industry and education in developing and using technology.

As a member of local and regional writing groups Les has an active interest in the use of written communication, and in the use of local resources e.g. local radio, community centres, to involve more people in the written (and spoken) word. Les is keen on the use of computer technology in communication, but 'let's not throw the pen away just yet!'.

Les enjoys walking and bird-watching and as such stresses the enormous resources of the Morecambe Bay area. There clearly is a balance to be struck between protecting our environment and the ever increasing burden placed on the environment by human beings. We should seek evidence based solutions, and perhaps we should take another look at our materialistic culture along the way.