Member for Hove since 2005. Profession/Trade: Lecturer in video production; BBC journalist. Education: Cambridge University; University of Cardiff. Affiliations: Friends of the Earth, Co-operative Society.
b. Cardiff. Married with three children.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	16,786	37.5	-8.4	19,253	45.9
Conservative	16,366	36.5	-1.8	16,082	38.3
Lib Dem	8,002	17.9	8.8	3,823	9.1
Green	2,575	5.8	2.5	1,369	3.3
UKIP	575	1.3	0.4	358	0.9
Respect the Unity Coalition	268	0.6	-	-	-
Independent	95	0.2	0.1	60	0.1
Silent Majority	78	0.2	-	-	-
Independent R	51	0.1	-	-	-
Soc Alliance	-	-	-	531	1.3
Liberal	-	-	-	316	0.8
Free	-	-	-	196	0.5
Majority	420	0.9		3,171	7.6
Turnout	44,796	64.1	4.9	41,988	59.2