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.
In 2001, Turner put forward a private member's bill in an attempt to better regulate home heating and energy efficiency in rented houses of multiple occupancy,[2] 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.
[3][4] During the passage of the Equality Act 2006, Turner led an early day motion[5] which, with Waheed Alli's amendment in the House of Lords,[6] led the government to extend the bill's anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ+ people[7] 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.
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