Lawrence William Quinn (born 25 December 1956) is a British Labour Party politician and railway engineer. From 1997 to 2005 he served as the Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby.
Early life and education
Quinn was born in Harraby, a suburb of Carlisle, then in Cumberland. He attended Pennine Way Primary School and North Cumbria Technology College (then known as Harraby Comprehensive School) Harraby Comprehensive School. In 1979, at Hatfield Polytechnic, he gained a BSc in civil engineering.
Prior to his election to Parliament, he was a civil engineer with British Rail (1979–94) and Railtrack London North-East (1994–7), and a member of North Yorkshire County Council from 1989 to 1993.
Parliamentary career
From 1989 to 1993, Quinn was a councillor on North Yorkshire County Council, serving on the Highways Committee, the Policy and Resources Committee and the Planning Committee.