Jeremy Quin

Jeremy Quin
MP
Member of Parliament
for Horsham
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded by Francis Maude
Majority 24,658 (43.3%)
Personal details
Born (1968-09-24) 24 September 1968
Aylesbury, England
Political party Conservative
Alma mater Hertford College, Oxford
Website www.jeremyquin.com

Jeremy Mark Quin is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Horsham after winning the seat in the 2015 general election.[1] He was educated at St Albans School, Hertfordshire and Hertford College, Oxford.[2]

Parliamentary career

Quin first stood as the Conservative Party's candidate in Meirionnydd Nant Conwy in the 1997 general election, winning 3,922 votes or 16% of the vote, and coming third behind the Labour and Plaid Cymru candidates. He was also shortlisted as a potential Conservative Party candidate in South Suffolk, Bexhill and Battle and Fareham at different elections.[3] From 2010 to 2013 he served as the Chairman of Buckingham Conservative Association.[4]

Quin was chosen as the Conservative Party's candidate in Horsham in the 2015 general election on 12 March 2015, following the announcement that the incumbent MP, Francis Maude, would be stepping down at the general election.[3]

In July 2015 he was elected as a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.[5]

Quin was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Horsham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. ↑ ‘QUIN, Jeremy Mark’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
  3. 1 2 Powling, Joshua (12 March 2015). "Horsham Conservatives pick Jeremy Quin as General Election candidate". WS County Times. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "About Jeremy". Jeremy Quin. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Work and Pensions Committee - membership". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Francis Maude		 Member of Parliament
for Horsham
2015–present 		Incumbent
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