Member for Aberavon since 2001. Committees: Member, Welsh Affairs Committee; Secretary, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Steel; Vice-Chair, APPG on FE and Lifelong Learning; Joint Secretary, APPG for Children in Wales. Special political interests: Lifelong learning, disability, steel. Profession/Trade: University professor. Education: University of Wales, Swansea, BA, PhD. Author of: Wales: A Learning Country (1999); Miners Against Fascism (1984); The Fed (1980) (co-author with Dai Smith). Affiliations: Aberavon RFC. Hobbies: Walking, cinema, photography.
b. 6 June 1946, Onllwyn, Nr Neath. Married with two children.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	18,077	60.1	-3.1	19,063	63.1
Lib Dem	4,140	13.8	4.0	2,933	9.7
Plaid Cymru	3,545	11.8	2.0	2,955	9.8
Conservative	3,064	10.2	2.6	2,296	7.6
Veritas	768	2.6	2.-	-	-
Green	510	1.7	1.-	-	-
Rate Payer	-	-	-	1,960	6.5
Millenium B	-	-	-	727	2.4
Soc Alliance	-	-	-	256	0.8
Majority	13,937	46.3		16,108	53.4
Turnout	30,104	58.9	-1.9	30,190	60.8