Joyce Quin
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
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Assumed office 30 May 2006 Life Peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Gateshead East and Washington West Gateshead East (1987–97) | |
In office 12 June 1987 – 11 April 2005 | |
Preceded by | Bernard Conlan |
Succeeded by | Sharon Hodgson |
Member of the European Parliament for Tyne and Wear Tyne South and Wear (1979-1984) | |
In office 10 June 1979 – 18 June 1989 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Alan Donnelly |
Personal details | |
Born | 26 November 1944 |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Francis Guy MacMullen |
Alma mater | Newcastle University London School of Economics |
Joyce Gwendolen Quin, Baroness Quin,
Early life and career
Quin was educated at Whitley Bay Grammar School and
She served as Member of the European Parliament for Tyne South and Wear and Tyne and Wear successively from 1979 to 1989. During her time as an MEP she served as Labour spokesperson on Fisheries from 1979 to 1984. She was a member of the Agriculture, Women's Rights, Regional and Economic Affairs Committee. In 1979, she tabled the resolution to set up a Register of Members' Interests which was eventually accepted by the European Parliament.
Member of Parliament
Quin entered the House of Commons in the 1987 election as Member of Parliament for Gateshead East. In Opposition (1987-1997) she served on the Labour front bench as a Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs, Trade Policy, Regional Policy and Employment (dealing with the EU Social Chapter). From 1994 to 1997 she served as Shadow Europe Minister and was Deputy to Shadow Foreign Secretary Robin Cook.
After boundary changes for the
Life peer
In April 2006, it was announced that Quin had been nominated for a
In November 2007, Baroness Quin was appointed Chair of the Franco-British Council (British Section). In 2010 she was awarded "Officier de la Légion d'Honneur" by the French Government.
She was interviewed in 2014 as part of The History of Parliament's oral history project.[4]
Quin has volunteered as a
In 2010 Quin authored a book titled "The British Constitution, Continuity and Change - An Inside View: Authoritative Insight into How Modern Britain Works"
References
- ISBN 9781785902444
- ^ "New working life peers unveiled". BBC News Online. 11 April 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
- ^ "No. 58001". The London Gazette. 5 June 2006. p. 7665.
- ^ "Joyce Quin interviewed by Isobel White". British Library Sound Archive. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-415-26833-2, page 383.