Member for Oxford West and Abingdon since 1997.
Committees: All-Party Groups on Kidneys, AIDS, Refugees, Mental Health. Political career: Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary since 2001; Spokesman on Health Education, Science and Women's Issues 1999-2001; Junior Health Spokesman 1997-99. Special political interest: Health, equality issues, refugees/asylum, science, secularism, ethics. Profession/Trade: Medical doctor. Education: Blue Coat School, Liverpool; Havard High School, California, ESU Scholarship; Wadham College, Oxford, Open Scholarship, BA (Hons) 2:1 Physiological Sciences; Oxford University Clinical Medical School, BM, BCH. Languages spoken: French and Spanish (conversational). Affiliations: Member, BMA; Member, BMA Medical Ethics Committee. Hobbies: Chess, bridge, squash.
b. 21 October 1965, Sheffield. Single.

2005				2001
LIB DEM HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Lib Dem	24,336	46.3	-1.6	24,670	47.8
Conservative	16,653	31.7	1.6	15,485	30
Labour	8,725	16.6	-1.1	9,114	17.7
Green	2,091	4.0	1.2	1,423	2.8
UKIP	795	1.5	0.6	451	0.9
Independent	-	-	-	332	0.6
Extinction	-	-	-	93	0.2
Majority	7,683	14.6		9,185	17.8
Turnout	52,600	65.6	1.1	51,568	64.5