Jeremy Quin | |
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Chair of the Defence Select Committee | |
Assumed office 17 January 2024 | |
Preceded by | Robert Courts |
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General | |
In office 25 October 2022 –13 November 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Chris Philp |
Succeeded by | John Glen |
Minister of State for Crime,Policing and Fire | |
In office 7 September 2022 –25 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
Preceded by | Tom Pursglove |
Succeeded by | Chris Philp |
Minister of State for Defence Procurement | |
In office 13 February 2020 –7 September 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | James Heappey |
Succeeded by | Alec Shelbrooke |
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office | |
In office 16 December 2019 –13 February 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Simon Hart |
Succeeded by | Julia Lopez |
Comptroller of the Household | |
In office 28 July 2019 –16 December 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Mark Spencer |
Succeeded by | Mike Freer |
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
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) [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.
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]
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]
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]
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