Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey since 1997.
Committees: Member, Ecclesiastical Committee; All-Party Finland Group; All-Party Irish in Britain Group; All-Party South Africa Group; All-Party Gibraltar Group; All-Party Bangladesh Group; All-Party Race and Community Group.
Political career: Liberal Democrat London Mayoral Candidate 2004; Principal Spokesperson for Home and Legal Affairs since 1999; Liberal Spokesperson for the Environment 1983-88; Alliance Spokesperson for Health 1987; Spokesperson for: Health (Future of NHS) 1997-99, Health and Social Welfare 1995-97, Urban Affairs and Young People 1994-97, The Church of England 1988-97, Environment and Natural Resources 1992-94, Education, Science and Training 1989-92. Special political interests: Human rights, civil liberties, youth affairs, social affairs, housing, environment. Profession/Trade: Barrister. Education: Llandaff Cathedral School, Cardiff; Christ College, Brecon; Selwyn College, Cambridge BA, MA; Inns of Court School of Law; College of Europe, Bruges, Certificate in Higher European Studies. Languages spoken: French. Co-author of: Human Rights in Western Europe - The Next 30 Years (1981); The Prosecutorial Process in England and Wales (1981); Across the Divide - Liberal Values for Defence and Disarmament (1986); Pathways to Power (1992); Who Goes Where - Asylum: Opportunity not Crisis (2002). Hobbies: Music, theatre, history, sport (Millwall and Hereford FCs; Glamorgan CCC and Wales RFU), the countryside and open air
b. 17 May 1951. Single.

2005				2001
LIB DEM HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Lib Dem	17,874	47.1	-9.9	20,991	56.9
Labour	12,468	32.9	2	11,359	30.8
Conservative	4,752	12.5	4.9	2,800	7.6
Green	1,137	3	1	752	2
UKIP	791	2.1	1.4	271	0.7
National Front	704	1.9	0.2	612	1.7
Christian Peoples	233	0.6	-	-	-
Majority	5,406	14.2		9,632	26.1
Turnout	37,959	49.2	-0.9	38,862	50.1