Jeremy Quin

The Right Honourable
Sir Jeremy Quin
PC
Official portrait, 2020
Chair of the Defence Select Committee
In office
17 January 2024 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byRobert Courts
Succeeded byTan Dhesi
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
In office
7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byFrancis Maude
Succeeded byJohn Milne
Personal details
Born (1968-09-24) 24 September 1968 (age 56)
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 served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Horsham from 2015–2024.[2] He served as Minister of State for Defence Procurement[3] from February 2020 to September 2022 before briefly serving as Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire[4] during which time he oversaw security arrangements for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.[5]

Following this, Rishi Sunak appointed him to be Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office.[6] Quin resigned from Sunak's government in the November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle and was knighted in the 2023 Political Honours for public and political service.[7] He became Chair of the Defence Select Committee in January 2024.[8] Quin lost his seat in the 2024 General Election.[9]

Early life and career

Jeremy Quin was born on 24 September 1968 in Aylesbury. He was educated at St Albans School, before studying at Hertford College, Oxford.[10] 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".[11]

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.[12]

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.[13]

From 2010 to 2013, he served as the chairman of Buckingham Conservative Association.[14]

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.[15]

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,[16]

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.[17]

Under Theresa May, Quin was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.[16] On 28 July 2019 he was promoted to Comptroller of the Household by Boris Johnson.[18]

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.[19]

Following the election, Jeremy became Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office with responsibilities for the Government Commercial Function and other cross-government programmes.[20]

In February 2020, Quin was appointed as Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.

In September 2022, Quin was appointed Minister of State in the Home Office.[21]

In October 2022, Quin was appointed Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office.

On 27 October 2022, Quin was appointed to the Privy Council.

In November 2023, Quin resigned from government to focus on projects in his constituency.[22]

Quin was knighted in the 2023 Political Honours for public and political service.

Quin was elected Chair of the Defence Select Committee on 17 January 2024.[23] The Committee published its report, 'Ready for War?' on 4 February 2024.[24]

At the 2024 general election, held on 4 July, Quin lost his seat to the Liberal Democrats candidate, John Milne. As a result, Quin became the first incumbent MP for Horsham to fail to gain re-election for the constituency since James Clifton Brown in 1880.[25]


Post-Political career

In September 2024, Quin was appointed a team member for a defence review ordered by Keir Starmer.[26]

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: February 2020". GOV.UK. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Sir Jeremy Quin: 'It has been such a huge privilege to serve as MP for Horsham'". SussexWorld. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Political Honours conferred: December 2023". Gov.uk. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Sir Jeremy Quin elected as Defence Committee Chair". parliament.uk. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Election results". Horsham District Council. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  10. ^ ‘QUIN, Jeremy Mark’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
  11. ^ "John Evelyn: Hacking". Cherwell. Vol. 196, no. 4. 2 February 1990. p. 14.
  12. ^ "About Jeremy". Jeremy Quin. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. ^ "About Jeremy". Jeremy Quin. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  15. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  16. ^ a b "Jeremy Quin MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Election for the constituency of Horsham on 8 June 2017". electionresults.parliament.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Jeremy Quin MP - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  19. ^ "Horsham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  20. ^ "The Rt Hon Jeremy Quin". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Robert Jenrick back in government as Liz Truss picks junior ministers". BBC News. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  22. ^ "Horsham Comes First". 16 November 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Sir Jeremy Quin elected as Defence Committee Chair". parliament.uk. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  24. ^ "Ready for War? – Report Summary". parliament.uk. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  25. ^ "James Clifton Brown 1841 - 1917". 5 March 2010.
  26. ^ https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/defence-review-appointments-quin-hill-barrons
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