Des Turner MP
Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown
Incumbent
Assumed office  1 May 1997
Preceded by	Andrew Bowden
Majority	2,737 (6.9%)
Born	17 July 1939 (1939-07-17) (age 70) Southampton, Hampshire, UK
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Lynn Rogers
Alma mater	Imperial College London, University College, London

Desmond Stanley Turner (born 17 July 1939) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown since 1997.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Parliamentary career 3 Personal life 4 External links

[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 (PPC) to succeed him.[1]

[edit] Personal life

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

[edit] External links

• Des Turner MP official site
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Desmond Turner MP
• His Home Energy Conservation Bill in 2001
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Desmond Turner MP
• BBC Politics page

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Andrew Bowden	Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown 1997–present	Incumbent

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