| Lawrie Quinn | |
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| Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby |
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| In office 1 May 1997 – 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Established |
| Succeeded by | Robert Goodwill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 December 1956 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Christine Eames |
| Alma mater | University of Hertfordshire |
Lawrence William Quinn (Born 25 December 1956) is a Labour politician in England.
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He went to Pennine Way primary school in Harraby and Harraby Comprehensive School (now called North Cumbria Technology College NCTC) on Edgehill Road in Carlisle. At Hatfield Polytechnic, he gained a BSc in civil engineering in 1979.
Prior to his election to Parliament, he was a civil engineer with British Rail (1979–94) and Railtrack London North-East (1994-7), and a member of North Yorkshire County Council from 1989-93.
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. Lawrie lost the seat by 1,245 votes. It 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.
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.
Since losing his seat he has returned to engineering, working as Tube Lines New Works Delivery Manager on secondment from Bechtel(2005 until 2007) then as the Rail Projects Delivery Manager for Bechtel based in London.
He married Anne Christine Eames in 1982.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby 1997–2005 |
Succeeded by Robert Goodwill |