Des Turner

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Des Turner
Member of Parliament
for Brighton Kemptown
In office
2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byAndrew Bowden
Succeeded bySimon Kirby
Personal details
Born (1939-07-17) 17 July 1939 (age 84)
Southampton, Hampshire, UK
Political partyLabour
SpouseLynn Rogers
Alma materImperial College London, University College, London

Desmond Stanley Turner (born 17 July 1939) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Kemptown from 1997 to 2010.

Early life[edit]

He was educated at Luton Grammar School (now known as Luton Sixth Form College) on Bradgers Hill Road in Luton. At Imperial College London, he gained a BSc and MSc. At University College, London, he gained a PhD, researching Biochemistry. At Brighton Polytechnic, he got a PGCE, and subsequently became a teacher. He also became a partner in an independent brewery.

Turner was a Councillor on East Sussex County Council 1985–97, and on Brighton Borough Council 1994-96 and Brighton and Hove City Council 1996–97.

Parliamentary career[edit]

He contested Mid-Sussex in 1979. He stood down at the 2010 General Election, with the local Labour Party selecting Simon Burgess as their candidate to succeed him.[1]

Personal life[edit]

His second wife is Lynn Rogers, whom he married in September 1997 in Brighton. He has a daughter from his first marriage to Lynette Gwyn-Jones, the former Leader of Brighton and Hove Council.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Profile, labouronline.org. Accessed 24 November 2022.

External links[edit]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown
19972010
Succeeded by