Des Turner

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Des Turner MP
Des Turner
Member of Parliament
for Brighton Kemptown
Incumbent
Assumed office 
1 May 1997
Preceded by Andrew Bowden
Born 17 July 1939 (1939-07-17) (age 68)
Southampton
Nationality British
Political party Labour

Dr Desmond Stanley Turner (born 17 July 1939, Southampton) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He has been Labour member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown since 1997.

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[edit] Early life

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 1994-97 and Brighton and Hove Council 1996-97.

[edit] Parliamentary career

He contested Mid-Sussex in 1979. He has announced he will not contest the next General Election, with the local Labour Party selecting Simon Burgess as their candidate to succeed him.[1]

[edit] Personal life

His second wife is Lynne Rogers, whom he married in September 1997 in Brighton. He has a daughter from his first marriage.

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