Member for Cities of London and Westminster since 2001. Committees: Secretary, All-Party British-German Parliamentary Group 2004; Secretary, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Venture Capital and Private Equity 2004; Member, Housing Bill Committee 2004; Member, Select Committee on the Lord Chancellor's Department 2003; Member, Standing Committee on the Licensing Act 2003; Member, Standing Committee for Finance Act 2002; Member, Standing Committee Enterprise Act 2002; Member, Standing Committee Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; Member, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Football. Political career: Opposition Whip 2003-04; Shadow Minister for London since 2003; Councillor, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 1994-2002; Conservative Candidate for Enfield North 1997; Deputy Chair, Local Conservatives (Islington North) 1989-91. Special political interests: Metropolitan policing, recycling household waste, London Underground, London Olympics bid, gun-crime, environmental issues. Profession/Trade: Solicitor. Education: Reading School; St Edmund Hall, Oxford BA, MA Law. Affiliations: St Bartholomew's and St Mary's hospitals, London; EMPOWER; the Parkinson's Disease Society; the Breast Cancer Coalition; Royal National Institute for the Deaf. Hobbies: Local London history; buying pictures; walking; pop and rock music; cricket (plays for the Lords and Commons team); supporter Bury FC.
b. October 1964. Married.

2005				2001
CON HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Conservative	17,260	47.3	1.0	15,737	46.3
Labour	9,165	25.1	-8.0	11,238	33.1
Lib Dem	7,306	20.0	4.7	5,218	15.4
Green	1,544	4.2	0.4	1,318	3.9
UKIP	399	1.1	-0.3	464	1.4
Independent	298	0.8	-	-	-
Christian Peoples Alliance	246	0.7	-	-	-
Veritas	218	0.6	-	-	-
Ind CH	51	0.1	-	-	-
Majority	8,095	22.2		4,499	13.2
Turnout	36,487	50.3	3.1	33,975	47.2