Jeremy Quin MP |
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Member of Parliament for Horsham |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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Preceded by | Francis Maude |
Majority | 24,658 (43.3%) |
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Born |
Aylesbury, England |
24 September 1968
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | Hertford College, Oxford |
Website | www |
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. He was educated at St Albans School, Hertfordshire and Hertford College, Oxford.
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. From 2010 to 2013 he served as the Chairman of Buckingham Conservative Association.
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.
In July 2015 he was elected as a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.
Quin was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.