Member for Waveney since 1997. Committees: Chair, British Offshore Oil and Gas Industry All-Party Group; Chair, British-Brazilian All-Party Group; Member, Environmental Audit Select Committee 1997-99. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Nick Brown, Minister for Work, Department for Work and Pensions 2001-03; PPS to Baroness Hayman, Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1999-2001; Leader, Waveney District Council 1991-97. Special political interests: Energy, employment, health, transport. Profession/Trade: Teacher. Title/Honours/Decorations: Order of Rio Branco, conferred by the President of Brazil, 2000. Education: University of Birmingham, BA (Hons) 2:1. Hobbies: Walking, skiing, listening to jazz, watching rugby and cricket.
b. 31 May 1950, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Married with two children.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	22,505	45.3	-5.4	23,914	50.7
Conservative	16,590	33.4	0.8	15,361	32.6
Lib Dem	7,497	15.1	3.7	5,370	11.4
UKIP	1,861	3.8	1.4	1,097	2.3
Green	1,200	2.4	0.3	983	2.1
Soc Alliance	-	-	-	442	0.9
Majority	5,915	11.9		8,553	18.1
Turnout	49,653	64.4	2.9	47,167	61.5