Jeremy Quin

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Jeremy Quin
Official portrait, 2020
Chair of the Defence Select Committee
Assumed office
17 January 2024
Preceded byRobert Courts
Minister for the Cabinet Office
Paymaster General
In office
25 October 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byChris Philp
Succeeded byJohn Glen
Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire
In office
7 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byTom Pursglove
Succeeded byChris Philp
Minister of State for Defence Procurement
In office
13 February 2020 – 7 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byJames Heappey
Succeeded byAlec Shelbrooke
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
In office
16 December 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded bySimon Hart
Succeeded byJulia Lopez
Comptroller of the Household
In office
28 July 2019 – 16 December 2019
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byMark Spencer
Succeeded byMike Freer
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
5 November 2018 – 24 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byNigel Adams
Succeeded byMichelle Donelan
Member of Parliament
for Horsham
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byFrancis Maude
Majority21,127 (33.4%)
Personal details
Born (1968-09-24) 24 September 1968 (age 55)
Aylesbury, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materHertford College, Oxford
Websitejeremyquin.com

Sir Jeremy Mark Quin (born 24 September 1968)[1] is a British Conservative politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Horsham since 2015.[2] He served as Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire under Prime Minister Liz Truss from September to October 2022.[3][4] After Truss resigned and Rishi Sunak succeeded her, Quin was appointed to be Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office.[5] Quin resigned from Sunak's government in the November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle and became Chair of the Defence Select Committee in January 2024.

Early life and career

Jeremy Quin was born on 24 September 1968 in Aylesbury. He was privately educated at St Albans School, before studying at Hertford College, Oxford.[6] Whilst at Oxford he served as President of the Oxford Union; John Evelyn, the Cherwell gossip columnist, described Quin's "Great Life Plan" as "Oxford, Union presidency, merchant banking, safe Tory seat".[7]

After graduating from Oxford University, he joined NatWest Securities, which later merged into Deutsche Bank; in 2001, Quin became a Managing Director of the firm. In 2008 and 2009, he served as Senior Corporate Financial Adviser during the financial crisis.[8]

Political career

Quin stood as the Conservative candidate in Meirionnydd Nant Conwy at the 1997 general election, coming third with 16% of the vote behind the incumbent Plaid Cymru MP Elfyn Llwyd and the Labour candidate.[9]

From 2010 to 2013, he served as the chairman of Buckingham Conservative Association.[10]

Parliamentary career

At the 2015 general election, Quin was elected to Parliament as MP for Horsham with 57.3% of the vote and a majority of 24,658.[11]

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,[12] and is a current member of the Selection Committee.[13]

Quin was re-elected as MP for Horsham at the snap 2017 general election with an increased vote share of 59.5% and a decreased majority of 23,484.[14]

Under Theresa May, Quin was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.[12] On 28 July 2019 he was promoted to Comptroller of the Household by Boris Johnson.[15]

Quin was again re-elected at the 2019 general election, with a decreased vote share of 56.8% and a decreased majority of 21,127.[16]

In September 2022, Quin was appointed Home Office Minister.[17]

In November 2023, Quin resigned from government to focus on projects in his constituency. He was knighted in the 2023 Political Honours for public and political service.[18]

Quin was elected Chair of the Defence Select Committee on 17 January 2024.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Horsham Parliamentary Constituency History". Horsham Conservatives. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Horsham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ ‘QUIN, Jeremy Mark’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
  7. ^ "John Evelyn: Hacking". Cherwell. Vol. 196, no. 4. 2 February 1990. p. 14.
  8. ^ "About Jeremy". Jeremy Quin. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. ^ "About Jeremy". Jeremy Quin. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  12. ^ a b "Jeremy Quin MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Selection Committee (Commons)". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Election for the constituency of Horsham on 8 June 2017". electionresults.parliament.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Jeremy Quin MP - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Horsham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  17. ^ "Robert Jenrick back in government as Liz Truss picks junior ministers". BBC News. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  18. ^ "Political Honours conferred: December 2023". Gov.uk. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Sir Jeremy Quin elected as Defence Committee Chair". parliament.uk. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.

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Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Horsham

2015–present
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Preceded by Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
2018–2019
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Preceded by Comptroller of the Household
2019
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2019–2020
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Preceded byas Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Minister of State for Defence Procurement
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