Member for Edinburgh West since 2001. Committees: LD Spokesperson on International Development; Scottish LD Spokesperson on Cross Border Transport; Member, House of Commons International Development Select Committee; Member, Quadripartite Committee (Foreign Affairs, Trade and Industry, Defence and International Development); Vice-President, The Scottish Liberal Club. Political career: Councillor, South East Corstorphine Ward in Edinburgh West Constituency 1995-2001; Chair, Edinburgh West Local Area Development Committee 2000-01; Campaign Manager for David Steel 1999; Spokesperson, Transport and Economic Development, Edinburgh Lib Dem Council Group; Convenor, Lothian Liberal Democrat's; Election Agent for Donald Gorrie 1997. Education: Forrester High School; Telford College; Napier Polytechnic. Affiliations: Member, Advisory Board of Edinburgh International Film Festival; Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Corstorphine Trust. Hobbies: Cinema, music, travel, meeting people.
b. 11 February 1954. Married with one child.

2005				2001
LIB DEM HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Lib Dem	22,417	49.5	-	16,719	42.4
Conservative	8,817	19.5	-	8,894	22.5
Labour	8,433	18.6	-	9,130	23.1
SNP	4,124	9.1	-	4,047	10.3
Green	964	2.1	-	-	-
Scottish Socialist	510	1.1	-	688	1.7
Majority	13,600	30.0	-	7,589	19.2
Turnout	45,265	68.9	-	39,478	63.8