Des Turner

Desmond Stanley Turner (born 17 July 1939) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Kemptown from 1997 to 2010.

Early life He was born in Southampton and educated at Luton Grammar School 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.

During the passage of the Equality Act 2006, Turner led an early day motion which, with Waheed Alli's amendment in the House of Lords, led the government to extend the bill's anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ+ people by providing the statutory power to issue the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 and the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006.

Turner stood down at the 2010 general election, with the local Labour Party selecting Simon Burgess as their candidate to succeed him. Burgess did not win the seat, with Simon Kirby holding the seat until 2017.

Personal life His second wife is Lynn Rogers, whom he married in September 1997 in Brighton. He has a daughter from his first marriage to Lynette Gwyn-Jones, the former Leader of Brighton and Hove Council.