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Joyce Quin was born on 26 November, 1944 in United States, is a British Labour politician (born 1944). Discover Joyce Quin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Born 26 November, 1944
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1874

Quin is the grand-niece of Labour Party politician Joshua Ritson (1874–1955).

1944

Joyce Gwendolen Quin, Baroness Quin, (born 26 November 1944) is a British Labour Party politician.

1976

Quin has volunteered as a Newcastle City Tourist Guide since 1976.

1979

She served as Member of the European Parliament for Tyne South and Wear and Tyne and Wear successively from 1979 to 1989.

During her time as an MEP she served as Labour spokesperson on Fisheries from 1979 to 1984.

She was a member of the Agriculture, Women's Rights, Regional and Economic Affairs Committee.

In 1979, she tabled the resolution to set up a Register of Members' Interests which was eventually accepted by the European Parliament.

1987

She served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Gateshead East and Washington West and for its predecessor Gateshead East from 1987 to 2005.

Quin was educated at Whitley Bay Grammar School and Newcastle University, where she gained first class honours in French and came top in her year.

She subsequently gained an M.Sc.

in International Relations at the London School of Economics.

She worked as a French language lecturer and tutor at the University of Bath and Durham University.

Quin entered the House of Commons in the 1987 election as Member of Parliament for Gateshead East.

In Opposition (1987-1997) she served on the Labour front bench as a Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs, Trade Policy, Regional Policy and Employment (dealing with the EU Social Chapter).

1994

From 1994 to 1997 she served as Shadow Europe Minister and was Deputy to Shadow Foreign Secretary Robin Cook.

1997

After boundary changes for the 1997 general election, she represented the new Gateshead East and Washington West constituency from 1997 until she stepped down at the 2005 general election and was replaced by Sharon Hodgson.

Quin served as prisons minister, Minister for Europe, and as Minister of State for Agriculture (and deputy to Cabinet Minister, Nick Brown).

2001

She asked to retire as a minister in 2001 to concentrate on her constituency interests.

2004

She had intended to stand for membership of a North East Regional Assembly on her retirement from Westminster, but the proposed body was rejected by a margin of 4–1 in a referendum in November 2004.

In Parliament as a backbencher Quin was the first woman to chair the Northern Group of Labour MPs and Chaired the All-Party Group for France (Franco-British Parliamentary Group).

She successfully lobbied Chancellor Gordon Brown to bring in the nationwide concessionary bus travel scheme for pensioners

2006

In April 2006, it was announced that Quin had been nominated for a life peerage by the Labour Party.

On 30 May, she was created Baroness Quin, of Gateshead in the County of Tyne and Wear.

2007

In November 2007, Baroness Quin was appointed Chair of the Franco-British Council (British Section).

2009

She is President of the Northumbrian Pipers' Society (since 2009) and President of the Northumberland National Park Foundation (since 2016).

2010

Quin was appointed a shadow Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs minister by Harriet Harman in May 2010, and was retained in that role by Ed Miliband after his election as Leader of the Labour Party.

In 2010 she was awarded "Officier de la Légion d'Honneur" by the French Government.

In 2010 Quin authored a book titled "The British Constitution, Continuity and Change - An Inside View: Authoritative Insight into How Modern Britain Works"

published by Northern Writers ISBN 9780955386985 and is co-author of the book “Angels of the North - Notable Women of the North-East” with Moira Kilkenny, published 2018, reprinted 2019 by Tyne Bridge Publishing ISBN 978-0951048863.

2011

She stood down from this position in July 2011.

2014

She was interviewed in 2014 as part of The History of Parliament's oral history project.

2017

Since September 2017 she has been Chair of the Strategic Board of Tyne and Wear Museums.