Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr since 2001. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport since 2004; Member, Council of Europe 2001-04; Member, Western European Union 2001-04. Profession/Trade: Development Manager, South Birmingham College (studying for MBA as a mature student); community worker. Education: University of Central England. Affiliations: Amicus; Socialist Health Association; National Member of Labour Finance and History Group.
b. Azad Jummu, Kashmir.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	18,269	47.0	0.4	17,415	46.5
Lib Dem	10,321	26.5	3.6	8,566	22.9
Conservative	6,513	16.7	-6.4	8,662	23.1
Respect the Unity Coalition	2,173	5.6	-	-	-
Soc Lab	890	2.3	-1.8	1,544	4.1
UKIP	745	1.9	1.0	352	0.9
Soc Alliance	-	-	-	465	1.2
Marxist	-	-	-	221	0.6
Muslim	-	-	-	192	0.5
Majority	7,948	20.4	-	8,753	23.4
Turnout	38,911	55.5	2.9	37,417	52.6