Joyce Quin
The Baroness Quin | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Minister of State for Europe | |
| In office 28 July 1998 – 28 July 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Doug Henderson |
| Succeeded by | Geoff Hoon (Minister) |
| Minister of State for Prisons | |
| In office 2 May 1997 – 28 July 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Ann Widdecombe |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Williams of Mostyn |
| Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
| In office 29 July 1999 – 7 June 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Bernard Donoughue |
| Succeeded by | MAFF incorporated with Department of the Environment into DEFRA, established 2001. |
| Member of Parliament for Gateshead East and Washington West Gateshead East (1987–1997) | |
| In office 12 June 1987 – 11 April 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Bernard Conlan |
| Succeeded by | Sharon Hodgson |
| Member of the European Parliament for Tyne and Wear Tyne South and Wear (1979–1984) | |
| In office 10 June 1979 – 18 June 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Alan Donnelly |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 30 May 2006 – 19 December 2024 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joyce Gwendolen Quin 26 November 1944 |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Francis Guy MacMullen |
| Alma mater | |
Joyce Gwendolen Quin, Baroness Quin, PC (born 26 November 1944), is a British Labour Party politician. She was a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1989, and served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Gateshead East and Washington West and for its predecessor Gateshead East from 1987 to 2005. Quin was appointed a life peer in 2006 and sat in the House of Lords until her retirement in 2024.