Parliamentary Career
Turner contested Hackney South and Shoreditch in 1992, then the Birmingham East MEP seat in 1994. Turner took the Isle of Wight seat in the 2001 general election, after having previously stood in 1997, making one of the few gains for the Conservative Party in 2001.
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