Member for Bishop Auckland since 2005. Education: Lady Manners School, Bakewell; Somerset College, Oxford. Affiliations: Chair of Camden Co-operative Party; GMB, Amnesty International, Christian Socialist Movement. Hobbies: Cooking, spending time with family.
b. 2 January 1958, Nottingham. Married with two children.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	19,065	50.0	-8.8	22,680	58.8
Lib Dem	9,018	23.7	7.9	6,073	15.7
Conservative	8,736	22.9	0.2	8,754	22.7
UKIP	1,309	3.4	3.4	-	-
Green	-	-	-	1,052	2.7
Majority	10,047	26.4	-	13,926	36.1
Turnout	38,128	56.5	-0.7	38,559	57.2