Consumer champion
Quentin never stopped fighting for a fairer deal.
Award winner
Fair prices for new cars
Quentin won the Press Association Motoring Writer of the Year Award for his work to bring UK new car prices down to European levels – saving British motorists £3 billion.
Westminster
A regular face in Parliament
He lobbied ministers and MPs to get a better deal for Britain’s 40 million licence holders.
FairFuelUK
The UK’s most successful single-issue lobby petition.
Co-founder
FairFuelUK
Quentin co-founded FairFuelUK to campaign against rising fuel duty.
3 March 2011
At the door of Number 10
Quentin handed in the first wave of the petition at 10 Downing Street – over 120,000 signatures gathered in little over five weeks.
£100 billion
Two million signatures
His two-million-signature FairFuelUK petition saved UK motorists £100 billion in fuel duty and VAT rises.
His two million-signature FairFuelUK petition has saved UK consumers £100 billion in fuel duty and VAT
Cleaner motoring
Campaigning for low-emission and electric cars.
Government
Working with ministers
Quentin worked with the government and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles, and gave evidence on transport electrification to Select Committees and House of Lords round tables.
EV adoption
Campaigning with Boris Johnson
He campaigned with Boris Johnson for greater EV adoption, and lobbied ministers and MPs for better EV incentives and charging infrastructure.
FairCharge
FairCharge
Quentin’s FairCharge campaign pushed for a wider understanding of electric cars, and for more charging infrastructure.