Jeremy Mark Quin (born 24 September 1968) is a British politician who has served as the

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(MP) for Horsham since the 2015 general election. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire under Prime Minister

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from September to October 2022. After Truss resigned and Rishi Sunak succeeded her, Quin was appointed to be

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and Minister for the Cabinet Office.

Early life

Educated at St Albans School, Hertfordshire, Quin went up to

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. After graduating from

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, he joined NatWest Securities, which later merged into

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, and in 2001 Quin became Managing Director of the firm. In 2008 and 2009 he served as Senior Corporate Financial Adviser during the financial crisis. Quin first stood as a

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in Meirionnydd Nant Conwy at the 1997 general election, gaining 3,922 (16%) of the votes cast, coming third behind the Labour and

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candidates. He was shortlisted as a potential Conservative Party

in South Suffolk, Bexhill and Battle and Fareham at different elections. From 2010 to 2013, he served as the chairman of Buckingham

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Parliamentary career

Quin was chosen as the Conservative Party's candidate in Horsham in the 2015 general election on 12 March 2015, after the incumbent Conservative MP,

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, announced he would be stepping down. In July 2015, he was elected as a member of the

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, and held this position until October 2016. Quin also served on the Regulatory Reform Select Committee between October 2015 and November 2018, and is a current member of the Selection Committee. Under

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, Quin was appointed a

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. On 28 July 2019 he was promoted to Comptroller of the Household by

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. Quin campaigned for the "Remain" side in the 2016 Brexit referendum. After the referendum result he voted for the UK to leave the EU. Quin was appointed

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in 2019, at the open of the First Johnson ministry. Quin was promoted to Minister of State for Defence Procurement in the

2020 British cabinet reshuffle Boris Johnson carried out the first significant reshuffle of his majority government on 13 February 2020. Following the December 2019 general election, there was considerable speculation that Johnson was planning a major reshuffle of the Cab ...

. In September 2022, he was appointed Home Office Minister.

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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–present 1968 births