Member for Knowsley South since 1990 by-election. Committees: Co-Chair, All-Party Group for Ageing and Older People; Member, All-Party British-Greek Group; Member, All-Party Cyprus Group; Member of Speaker's Panel of Chairmen. Political career: Delegate, Council of Europe and Western European Union; Member, Knowsley Borough Council 1976-90. Special political interests: Education, health, older person's issues, local government, animal welfare, disability, European issues. Profession/Trade: Lecturer. Title/Honours/Decorations: Taxiarhis Tis Taxeos Tis Timis (Commander of the Order of Honour) (Greece 1999); Member of the Order of Alexander the Great (Macedonia-Thrace 1995). Education: Liverpool Collegiate School; Magdalen College, Oxford, MA, PGCE, Advanced Diploma in Education. Languages spoken: Greek, French, German. Affiliations: Member, Socialist Education Association, Fabians, Co-operative Party; Patron, Knowsley Performing Arts since 1998; Chair, Community Development Foundation since 1997, Trustee since 1992; President, Knowsley South Juniors Football Club since 1997; Vice-President of TS Iron Duke (Huyton Sea Cadets); Vice-Chair, National Wildflower Centre Development Trust since 1997. Hobbies: Theatre, cinema, music (classical, jazz, folk/ethnic (esp rembetiko), Greek language.
b. 1 October 1937, Bootle. Married with three children.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	24,820	68.1	-3.2	26,071	71.3
Lib Dem	7,132	19.6	6.6	4,755	13
Conservative	4,492	12.3	0.7	4,250	11.6
Soc Lab	-	-	-	1,068	2.9
Independent	-	-	-	446	1.2
Majority	17,688	48.5		21,316	58.3
Turnout	36,444	51.5	-0.3	36,590	51.8