Member for Bethnal Green & Bow since 2005. Member for Glasgow Kelvin since 1997; MP for Glasgow Hillhead 1987-97. Committees: Vice-Chair, Parliamentary Labour Party Foreign Affairs Committee; Member, Shadow Select Committee on Scottish Affairs. Political career: Expelled from Labour Party 2003; Member, Labour Party Scottish Executive 1974-84; Secretary/Organiser, Dundee Labour Party 1977-83; Chair, Labour Party in Scotland 1981-82. Special political interests: Foreign affairs, defence, Scottish affairs. Profession/Trade: Charity director. Education: Harris Academy, Dundee. Title/Honours/Decorations: Hilal-I-Quaid-Azam (HQA), Hilal-I-Pakistan (HPK). Affiliations: General Secretary, War on Want; Member, TGWU. Co-author of: Downfall - the Ceausescus and The Romanian Revolution. Hobbies: Sport, music, films.
b. 16 August 1954, Dundee. Divorced with one child. Remarried.

2005				2001
RESPECT GAIN	Votes	%	+/-%	Votes	%
Respect the Unity Coalition	15,801	35.9	35.9	-	-
Labour	14,978	34.0	-16.4	19,380	50.5
Conservative	6,244	14.2	-10.1	9,323	24.3
Lib Dem	4,928	11.2	-4.3	5,946	15.5
Green	1,950	4.4	0.1	1,666	4.3
Alliance for Change	68	0.2	-	-	-
No description	38	0.1	-	-	-
BNP	-	-	-	1,211	3.2
New Brit	-	-	-	888	2.3
Majority	823	1.9	-	10,057	26.2
Turnout	44,007	51.2	2.7	38,414	48.5