# Des Turner
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{{Short description|British politician (born 1939)}}
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| name = Des Turner
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| office = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom))
for [Brighton Kemptown](/source/Brighton_Kemptown_and_Peacehaven)
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| predecessor = [Andrew Bowden](/source/Andrew_Bowden)
| successor = [Simon Kirby](/source/Simon_Kirby)
| term_start = 2 May 1997
| term_end = 12 April 2010
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|07|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Southampton](/source/Southampton), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire), [UK](/source/UK)
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| spouse = Lynn Rogers
| party = [Labour](/source/Labour_Party_(UK))
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| alma_mater = [Imperial College London](/source/Imperial_College_London), [University College, London](/source/University_College%2C_London)
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'''Desmond Stanley Turner''' (born 17 July 1939) is a British [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) politician who was the [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) (MP) for [Brighton Kemptown](/source/Brighton_Kemptown_and_Peacehaven) from [1997](/source/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election) to [2010](/source/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election).
==Early life==
He was born in [Southampton](/source/Southampton)[{{cite news |url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/biography/0,9312,-5265,00.html |title=Ask Aristotle: Dr Des Turner: biography |work=[Guardian Unlimited Politics](/source/The_Guardian) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010725193016/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/biography/0,9312,-5265,00.html |date= |archive-date=2001-07-25 |access-date=2024-06-14 }}] and educated at Luton Grammar School[{{cite web |url=http://www.ukace.org/pubs/nletters/nl39.htm |title=New Bill will deliver warm, safe energy-saving homes |work=The Fifth Fuel |publisher=Association for the Conservation of Energy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625010400/http://www.ukace.org/pubs/nletters/nl39.htm |date=Summer 2001 |archive-date=2007-06-25 }}] but he had to withdraw the bill in July 2002 after government opposition to an amendment passed calling for energy savings of 30% by 2010.[{{cite news |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6755933.mps-conservation-bill-scrapped/ |title=MP's conservation Bill scrapped |work=[The Argus](/source/The_Argus_(Brighton)) |date=2002-07-18 |access-date=2024-06-14 }}][{{cite news |url=https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/mps-fight-on-after-double-bill-failure-4324 |title=MPs fight on after double bill failure |work=[Inside Housing](/source/Inside_Housing) |date=2002-07-21 |access-date=2024-06-14 }}]
During the passage of the [Equality Act 2006](/source/Equality_Act_2006), Turner led an [early day motion](/source/early_day_motion)[{{cite web |url=http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=29000&SESSION=875 |title=EDM 710:Equality Bill and provision of goods and services |publisher=[Parliament of the United Kingdom](/source/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514000226/http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=29000&SESSION=875 |date=2005-10-01 |archive-date=2006-05-14 |access-date=2024-06-14 }}] which, with [Waheed Alli](/source/Waheed_Alli)'s amendment in the [House of Lords](/source/House_of_Lords),[{{cite web |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2005-11-09c.620.9#g627.3 |title=Equality Bill [HL]: 9 Nov 2005 |publisher=[TheyWorkForYou](/source/TheyWorkForYou) |date=2005-11-09 |access-date=2024-06-14 }}] led the government to extend the bill's anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ+ people[{{cite web |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2005-11-21b.1236.4#g1273.0 |title=Equality Bill [Lords] — Order for Second Reading |publisher=[TheyWorkForYou](/source/TheyWorkForYou) |date=2005-11-21 |access-date=2024-06-14 }}] by providing the statutory power to issue the [Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007](/source/Equality_Act_(Sexual_Orientation)_Regulations_2007) and the [Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006](/source/Equality_Act_(Sexual_Orientation)_Regulations_(Northern_Ireland)_2006).
Turner stood down at the [2010 general election](/source/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election), with the local Labour Party selecting Simon Burgess as their candidate to succeed him.[{{cite web |url=http://www.labouronline.org/wibs/165220/news?PageId=13b40802-4350-9a54-3515-8ed5b6d81c0a |title=Simon Burgess chosen to fight Kemptown |publisher=Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven Labour Party |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727012129/http://iwc2.labouronline.org/165220/13b40802-4350-9a54-3515-8ed5b6d81c0a |date=2010 |archive-date=2011-07-27 |access-date=24 November 2022 }}] Burgess did not win the seat, with [Simon Kirby](/source/Simon_Kirby) holding the seat until [2017](/source/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election).
==Personal life==
His second wife is Lynn Rogers, whom he married in September 1997 in Brighton. He has a daughter from his first marriage