1. William James Quince was born on 27 December 1982 and is a British Conservative Party politician and former lawyer who served as Member of Parliament for Colchester from 2015 to 2024.
20 Facts About Will Quince
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Will Quince grew up in Berkshire and attended The Windsor Boys' School, a state comprehensive school in Windsor.
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Will Quince studied Law between 2001 and 2005 at Aberystwyth University.
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Will Quince stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate at the 2010 general election for the Colchester seat, coming second behind the incumbent Liberal Democrat MP Sir Bob Russell.
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Will Quince was elected as a Conservative councillor for Prettygate ward on Colchester Borough Council at the 2011 local elections, and served as leader of the Conservative group on the council from 2011 to 2014, when he stepped down to focus on the forthcoming general election.
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In May 2016, it was reported that Will Quince was one of a number of Conservative MPs being investigated by police in the 2015 party spending investigation, for allegedly spending more than the legal limit on constituency election campaign expenses.
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Will Quince campaigned for the UK to leave the European Union during the 2016 referendum.
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On 6 September 2016, after a bet on Twitter by a local constituent, Will Quince auditioned for the TV show Britain's Got Talent in order to raise money for charity.
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In March 2017, The Daily Telegraph reported that Will Quince was one of nine MPs who had claimed Amazon Prime subscriptions on their parliamentary expenses.
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Will Quince responded that he had claimed the TV package in error and was repaying the cost.
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Will Quince has stated that his computer is routinely left unlocked to enable staff to use it.
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Will Quince has sat on the Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion, on the Home Affairs Committee and on the Transport Committee.
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Will Quince resigned as PPS on 8 December 2018, in opposition to the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration.
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The Essex County Standard newspaper reported that Will Quince had accepted donations of two items in 2019 from the Russian-born businessman Alexander Temerko.
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On 17 September 2021, Will Quince was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families at the Department for Education, during the second cabinet reshuffle of the second Johnson ministry.
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On 6 July 2022, in the wake of the resignations of Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Will Quince resigned from government after "accepting and repeating assurances to the media [from No 10] which have now been found to be inaccurate".
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On 7 September 2022, Will Quince was appointed Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care as part of Liz Truss's cabinet.
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On 9 June 2023, Will Quince announced he would not run as an MP at the 2024 general election.
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On 13 November 2023, Will Quince resigned from his post as part of Sunak's 2023 cabinet reshuffle.
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In February 2021, Will Quince said that he had lost six and a half stone in 2020.