Member for Thurrock since 1992. Committees: Member, Foreign Affairs Select Committee. Political career: Parliamentary Candidate for Peterborough 1987 and Croydon Central 1983; Parliamentary Candidate for Surbiton 1974; Councillor, Kingston-upon-Thames Council 1971-78. Special political interests: The National Health Service, local government, European affairs, trade unions, industrial relations, transport and police matters, Northern Ireland, aviation and airports, Gibraltar, Poland and Central Europe, ex-servicemen's affairs. Profession/Trade: Trade Union Official. Education: Salesian College, Chertsey, Surrey. Affiliations: TGWU. Hobbies: Collecting trade union and railway memorabilia, non-league football, studying battlefields of the First World War.
b. 24 April 1949, Hampstead. Married with three children.

LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	20,636	47.2	-9.3	21,121	56.5
Conservative	14,261	32.6	2.9	11,124	29.8
Lib Dem	4,770	10.9	0.6	3,846	10.3
BNP	2,526	5.8	-	-	-
UKIP	1,499	3.4	0.0	1,271	3.4
Majority	6,375	14.6		9,997	26.8
Turnout	43,692	54.9	6.1	37,362	48.8