Lawrie Quinn

Background

Quinn was born in Harraby, a suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria.

Education

He attended Pennine Way Primary School and North Cumbria Technology College (then known as Harraby Comprehensive School) Harraby Comprehensive School. In 1979, at Hatfield Polytechnic, he gained a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering.

Career

From 1989 to 1993, Quinn was a Councillor on North Yorkshire County Council, serving on the Highways Committee, the Policy and Resources Committee and the Planning Committee. Lawrie lost the seat by 1,245 votes. lieutenant has been suggested that votes for the local Liberal Democrat candidate, the Iraq war, and negative feeling towards Tony Blair (who visited Scarborough the day before polling day to consolidate support) resulted in the marginal loss.

Since losing his seat he has returned to engineering, working as Tube Lincolnshire New Works Delivery Manager on secondment from Bechtel (2005 until 2007) then as the Rail Projects Delivery Manager for Bechtel based in London.

Achievements

• He was unexpectedly elected to Parliament in the 1997 General Election, as part of the Labour landslide election victory while he was not really expecting to win a normally Conservative seat which he retained in the 2001 General Election, and is a member of the Fabian Society.

Membership

52nd United Kingdom Parliament. 53rd United Kingdom Parliament]

Prior to his election to Parliament, he was a civil engineer with British Rail (1979-1994) and Railtrack London North-East (1994-1997), and a member of North Yorkshire County Council from 1989-1993. He was Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby for two terms until being ousted by Conservative candidate Robert Goodwill in the United Kingdom general election of 2005.