Sir Jeremy Mark Quin (born 24 September 1968) is a British

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politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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–2024. He served as Minister of State for Defence Procurement from February 2020 to September 2022 before briefly serving as Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire during which time he oversaw security arrangements for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral. Following this,

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appointed him to be

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and Minister for the Cabinet Office. 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. He became Chair of the Defence Select Committee in January 2024. Quin lost his seat in the 2024 General Election and was later that year appointed as a team member for the externally led Strategic Defence Review ordered by Keir Starmer.

Early life and career

Jeremy Quin was born on 24 September 1968 in

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. He was educated at St Albans School, before studying at

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. 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". After graduating from

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, 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 on secondment as Senior Corporate Financial Adviser to HM Treasury advising on the government's response to the

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Political career

Quin stood as the

candidate in Meirionnydd Nant Conwy at the 1997 general election, coming third with 16% of the vote behind the incumbent

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MP Elfyn Llwyd and the Labour candidate. From 2010 to 2013, he served as the chairman of

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Conservative Association.

Parliamentary career

At the 2015 general election, Quin was elected to Parliament as MP for

with 57.3% of the vote and a majority of 24,658. 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, 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. Under Theresa May, Quin was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. On 28 July 2019 he was promoted to Comptroller of the Household by

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. 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. Following the election, Jeremy became Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office with responsibilities for the Government Commercial Function and other cross-government programmes. In February 2020, Quin was appointed as Minister of State for Defence Procurement in the Ministry of Defence. In September 2022, Quin was appointed Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire in the Home Office. In October 2022, Quin was appointed

and Minister for the Cabinet Office. While in the role he oversaw the introduction of the Procurement Act. 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. 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. The Committee published its report
Ready for War?
on 4 February 2024. 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

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Post-political career

In September 2024, Sir Jeremy Quin was appointed as a team member for the externally led Strategic Defence Review ordered by Keir Starmer.https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/defence-review-appointments-quin-hill-barrons

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quin, Jeremy Living people People from Hertfordshire People educated at St Albans School, Hertfordshire Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford Presidents of the Oxford Union Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies United Kingdom Paymasters General Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom UK MPs 2015–2017 UK MPs 2017–2019 UK MPs 2019–2024 1968 births Knights Bachelor