Member for Ipswich since 2001. Committees: Member, Select Committee on Regulatory Reform; Vice-Chair, Labour Party Departmental Committee for Education and Skills; Member, Select Committee on Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Urban Affairs Subcommittee; Vice-Chair, All-Party Telecommunications Group. Political career: Deputy Leader, EEDA 1998-2001; Leader, Suffolk County Council 1993-2001. Profession/Trade: formerly research scientist working on developing new telecommunications technology for BT at the Martlesham Heath R&D Laboratories.
Married with two children.

2005				2001
LABOUR HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	18,336	43.8	-7.5	19,952	51.3
Conservative	13,004	31.1	0.6	11,871	30.5
Lib Dem	8,464	20.2	5	5,904	15.2
UKIP	1,134	2.7	1.1	624	1.6
Eng Dem	641	1.5	-	-	-
Independent	299	0.7	-	-	-
Soc Alliance	-	-	-	305	0.8
Soc Lab	-	-	-	217	0.6
Majority	5,332	12.7		8,081	20.8
Turnout	41,878	60.8	3.8	38,873	57.0