Member for Stone since 1997. Member for Stafford 1984-97. Committees: Vice-Chair, Conservative Backbench Smaller Business Committee 1988-89; Vice-Chair, Conservative Constitutional Committee 1985-87; Chair, Conservative Backbench Committee on European Affairs; Chair, All-Party Committee East Africa; Chair, All-Party Committee on Widows; Vice-Chair, Conservative Small Business Bureau; Member, Select Committee on European Legislation; Joint-Chair, All-Party Group on Alternative Medicine. Profession/Trade: Solicitor; has contributed to radio and TV news programmes and to the written media. Education: Stonyhurst College; Lincoln College, Oxford. Affiliations: Board Member, Ironbridge Gorge Museum; Member, Carlton Club, Vincent's (Oxford) and Free Foresters' Cricket Club; Secretary, Lord's and Commons' Cricket Club; Joint Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Group.
b. 10 May 1940. Married with three children.

2005				2001
CON HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Conservative	22,733	48.3	-0.7	22,395	49.1
Labour	13,644	29.0	-6.8	16,359	35.8
Lib Dem	9,111	19.4	4.3	6,888	15.1
UKIP	1,548	3.3	-	-	-
Majority	9,089	19.3		6,036	13.2
Turnout	47,036	66.9	0.6	45,642	66.3