Member for Canterbury since 1987. Committees: Member, Defence Select Committee since 1997; Co-Chair, All-Party Adoption Group; Vice-Chair, Conservative Backbench Defence Committee; President, Conservative Family Campaign; former Secretary, Backbench Finance Committee. Political career: Parliamentary Candidate for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1983; Chair (1974) and former Treasurer, Oxford University Conservative Association; Former Parliamentary Private Secretary to Mrs Gillian Shephard as Secretary of State for Employment and Minister of State in the Treasury. Profession/Trade: Former management consultant. Education: Wellington College, Berkshire; Brasenose College, Oxford (scholar); London Business School. Affiliations: Former Captain in Territorial Army; Member, Friends of Westminster Cathedral. Author of: pamphlets on defence and economic and social policy. Hobbies: Cross-country running, science and philosophy.
b. 24 July 1953. Married with three children.

2005				2001
CON HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Conservative	21,113	44.4	2.9	18,711	41.5
Labour	13,642	28.7	-8.2	16,642	36.9
Lib Dem	10,059	21.1	3.3	8,056	17.8
Green	1,521	3.2	1.2	920	2
UKIP	926	1.9	0.1	803	1.8
Legalise Cannabis Alliance	326	0.7	-	-	-
Majority	7,471	15.7		2,069	4.6
Turnout	47,587	66.1	5.2	45,132	60.9