Member for West Dorset since 1997. Committees: Secretary, All-Party Group on Sub Post Offices. Political career: Shadow Home Secretary since 2001; Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2000-01; Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1999-2000; Opposition Spokesperson on Constitutional Affairs 1998-99; Contested Hackney North 1987, Hampstead and Highgate 1992; Member, Prime Minister's Policy Unit 1983-86; Special Advisor to Secretary of State for Education and Science 1982-83. Profession/Trade: Managing Director, Rothschild Corporate Finance. Title/Honours/Decorations: Privy Counsellor 2002. Education: Eton College; Trinity College, Cambridge, BA, MA, PhD. Author of: The Purpose of Politics; Ethics, Emotion and the Unity of the Self; Privatising the World; Drift to Union; Aims of Schooling; Civilized Conservatism; The Neighbourly Society; and others.
b. 19 May 1956. Married with two children.

2005				2001
CON HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Conservative	24,763	46.5	1.9	22,126	44.6
Lib Dem	22,302	41.9	0.1	20,712	41.8
Labour	4,124	7.8	-5.8	6,733	13.6
UKIP	1,084	2.0	-	-	-
Green	952	1.8	-	-	-
Majority	2,461	4.6		1,414	2.9
Turnout	53,225	76.3	9.3	49,571	67