Member for Wolverhampton South east since 2005.Political career: Political Secretary to Tony Blair. Education: Holyrood Secondary School; University of Glasgow; University of Edinburgh. Affiliations: TGWU. Hobbies: Reading, sport.
b. 16 March 1965, Paisley. Single.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour Co-op	16,790	59.4	-8.0	18,409	67.4
Conservative	6,295	22.3	0.5	5,945	21.8
Lib Dem	3,682	13.0	4.2	2,389	8.8
UKIP	1,484	5.3	-	-	-
National Front	-	-	-	554	2.0
Majority	10,495	37.1		12,464	45.7
Turnout	28,251	52.3	1.7	27,297	50.6