Member for Manchester Withington since 2005. Political career: Councillor, Manchester Council.

2005				2001
LIB DEM GAIN	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Lib Dem	15,872	42.4	20.4	7,715	22
Labour	15,205	40.6	-14.3	19,239	54.9
Conservative	3,919	10.5	-4.8	5,349	15.3
Green	1,595	4.3	-0.1	1,539	4.4
UKIP	424	1.1	-	-	-
Independent	243	0.7	-	-	-
Ind Z	153	0.4	-	-	-
Their Party	47	0.1	-	-	-
Soc Alliance	-	-	-	1,208	3.4
Majority	667	1.8		11,524	32.9
Turnout	37,458	55.3	3.4	35,050	51.9