Member for Burgon since 1997. Profession/Trade: former teacher. Affiliations: Led Campaign Against Open Cast Mining in Elmet; Member, Amnesty International. Hobbies: Football (Leeds United); walking; the countryside; reading; history (especially military history and the American Civil War).
b. 22 April 1948.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	22,260	47.2	-0.8	22,038	48
Conservative	17,732	37.6	-1.3	17,867	38.9
Lib Dem	5,923	12.6	1.7	5,001	10.9
BNP	1,231	2.6	-	-	-
UKIP	-	-	-	1,031	2.2
Majority	4,528	9.6		4,171	9.1
Turnout	47,146	68.8	3.2	45,937	65.6