Jeremy Quin
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
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In office 5 November 2018 – 24 July 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Nigel Adams |
Succeeded by | Michelle Donelan |
Member of Parliament for Horsham | |
Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
Preceded by | Francis Maude |
Majority | 21,127 (33.4%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Aylesbury, England | 24 September 1968
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | Hertford College, Oxford |
Website | jeremyquin |
Sir Jeremy Mark Quin (born 24 September 1968)
Early life
Privately educated at St Albans School, Hertfordshire, Quin went to Hertford College, Oxford.[6] Whilst at Oxford he served as President of the Oxford Union; John Evelyn, the Cherwell gossip column, described Quin's "Great Life Plan" as "Oxford, Union presidency, merchant banking, safe Tory seat".[7]
After graduating from
Quin first stood as a Conservative candidate in Meirionnydd Nant Conwy at the 1997 general election, gaining 3,922 (16%) of the votes cast, coming third behind the Labour and Plaid Cymru candidates. He was shortlisted as a potential Conservative Party candidate in South Suffolk, Bexhill and Battle and Fareham at different elections.[9] From 2010 to 2013, he served as the chairman of Buckingham Conservative Association.[10]
Parliamentary career
Quin was chosen as the Conservative Party's candidate in Horsham in the 2015 general election on 12 March 2015, after the incumbent Conservative MP, Francis Maude, announced he would be stepping down.[9]
In July 2015, he was elected as a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, and held this position until October 2016. Quin also served on the Regulatory Reform Select Committee between October 2015 and November 2018,[11] and is a current member of the Selection Committee.[12]
Under
Quin campaigned for the "Remain" side in the 2016 Brexit referendum. After the referendum result he voted for the UK to leave the EU.[14][non-primary source needed]
Quin was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office in 2019, at the start of the first Johnson ministry.
Quin was promoted to Minister of State for Defence Procurement in the 2020 British cabinet reshuffle.
In September 2022, he was appointed Home Office Minister.[15]
On the 13 November 2023, he publicly resigned from government to focus on projects in his Horsham constituency. He was knighted in the 2023 Political Honours for public and political service.[16]
Quin was elected Chair of the Defence Select Committee on 17 January 2024.[17]
References
- ^ "Horsham Parliamentary Constituency History". Horsham Conservatives. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Horsham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Rishi Sunak reshuffle: Braverman named home secretary, Gove returns as levelling up secretary, Mordaunt not promoted – live". the Guardian. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ ‘QUIN, Jeremy Mark’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
- ^ "John Evelyn: Hacking". Cherwell. Vol. 196, no. 4. 2 February 1990. p. 14.
- ^ "About Jeremy". Jeremy Quin. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ a b Powling, Joshua (12 March 2015). "Horsham Conservatives pick Jeremy Quin as General Election candidate". WS County Times. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ "About Jeremy". Jeremy Quin. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Jeremy Quin MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Selection Committee (Commons)". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Jeremy Quin MP - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Voting record - Jeremy Quin MP, Horsham". TheyWorkForYou.
- ^ "Robert Jenrick back in government as Liz Truss picks junior ministers". BBC News. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Political Honours conferred: December 2023". Gov.uk. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Sir Jeremy Quin elected as Defence Committee Chair". parliament.uk. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.