Member for Luton North since 1997. Committees: Parliamentary Manufacturing Industry Group; Parliamentary Anglo-Swedish Group; Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Political career: Parliamentary Candidate, North Luton 1983. Special political interests: Economic policy, employment, transport. Profession/Trade: Political and economic researcher. Education: University of Nottingham, BA (Hons) Politics, Economics and Mathematics with Statistics; Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Barnet. Languages spoken: French (basic). Affiliations: Trade union, GMB. Author of: The Economy - A NALGO Review (1991) and a variety of other NALGO publications. Hobbies: Music, photography, sailing.
b. 22 August 1941, Leicester. Married with two children.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	19,062	48.7	-8.0	22,187	56.7
Conservative	12,575	32.1	0.9	12,210	31.2
Lib Dem	6,081	15.5	5.8	3,795	9.7
UKIP	1,255	3.2	0.8	934	2.4
Open-Forum	149	0.4	-	-	-
Majority	6,487	16.6		9,977	25.5
Turnout	39,122	57.4	-1.4	39,126	58.8