Member for Mitcham and Morden since 1997. Committees: Standing Committee on Local Government (Special Credit Approvals) Bill 1997. Political career: Chair of Housing, London Borough of Merton 1990-95; Councillor, Merton Council since 1982. Special political interests: Housing, welfare, law and order. Education: University of Essex, BA. Affiliations: Co-op Party; GMB. Hobbies: Reading, cooking, music.
b. 20 February 1960, London. Single.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	22,489	56.4	-4.0	22,936	60.4
Conservative	9,929	24.9	0.8	9,151	24.1
Lib Dem	5,583	14.0	3.9	3,820	10.1
Green	1,395	3.5	1.1	926	2.4
Veritas	286	0.7	-	-	-
No description	186	0.5	-	-	-
BNP	-	-	-	642	1.7
UKIP	-	-	-	486	1.3
Majority	12,560	31.5		13,785	36.3
Turnout	39,868	61.2	3.4	37,961	57.8