Consumer champion
Quentin never stopped fighting for a fairer deal.
2004
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.
National spokesman
FairFuelUK
From 2011 to 2021 Quentin was the national spokesman for FairFuelUK, the campaign against rising fuel duty.
2 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.
By its own count
£100 billion
By 2021 FairFuelUK estimated that its campaign had saved UK motorists £100 billion in fuel duty and VAT rises.
September 2021
Leaving FairFuelUK
After ten years with the campaign, Quentin left FairFuelUK, saying its direction was at odds with his views on the future of electric cars.
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 founded FairCharge, launched in January 2022, to make the switch to electric cars fair for everyone. It pushed for a wider understanding of electric cars and for more charging points, and above all for the same 5% VAT on public charging that drivers pay at home, instead of 20%: a call backed by the RAC, the AA and MPs from all sides.