Member for City of York since 1992. Commitees: Member, Commons Select Committee on International Development; Member, NATO Parliamentary Assembly; Member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association; Government Delegate, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Political career: Junior Minister, Department of Social Security 1999; Parliamentary Private Secretary of State for Health 1997-99; Member, Health Select Committee 1992-97; Founder-Secretary, London Labour Co-ordinating Committee 1982; Councillor, London Borough of Camden 1980-86; Member, Executive Committee and National Committee of Anti-Apartheid Movement, Vice-Chair of its trade union committee, Chair of its local authority network 1973-86; Member of Standing Committees looking at Railway, Sunday Trading, Pensions and Finance Bills; former-Chair, Parliamentary Labour Party Sub-committee on Tourism; Secretary, PLP Foreign Affairs Committee; Chair, All-Party Group on Overseas Development; Member, UK Parliament's Delegation to North Atlantic Assembly. Special political interests: International development, foreign affairs, defence. Profession/Trade: Lecturer in Social Policy and later Research Fellow in Health Economics, University of York 1986-92. Education: University of Bristol, BSc; University of York, BPhil. Author of: The Nation's Health (1995). Affiliations: Member, BECTU. Hobbies: Walking, photography.
b. 9 January 1952, Maidenhead. Married with two children.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	21,836	46.9	-5.4	25,072	52.3
Conservative	11,364	24.4	0.9	11,293	23.5
Lib Dem	10,166	21.8	4.1	8,519	17.8
Green	2,113	4.5	1.5	1,465	3.1
UKIP	832	1.8	0.6	576	1.2
Independent	121	0.3	-	-	-
DDTP	93	0.2	-	-	-
Ind Hinkles	72	0.2	-	-	-
Soc Alliance	-	-	-	674	1.4
Raving Looney	-	-	-	381	0.8
Majority	10,472	22.5		13,779	28.7
Turnout	46,597	61.7	2.7	47,980	59