Member for Cambridgeshire South East since 1987. Committees: Chair, Singapore APPG; General Executive, CPA; Secretary, Lupus APPG; Vice-Chair, Paper Related Industries APPG; Vice-Chair, Shooting and Conservation APPG; Member, Anglo-American Parliamentary Group, ANZAC APPG; Independent Territories Group, Friend of the Falklands, Malaysia APPG, Bulgari APPG, Racing and Bloodstocks APPG, Beer APPG, Pipe and Cigar Smokers Club, Wine Group. Political career: Opposition Spokesman on Police 2001; Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture 1997; Under-Secretary of State, Department of Education and Employment 1995; Under-Secretary of State, Department of Employment 1994; Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Gummer as Minister of Agriculture, then Secretary of State for the Environment 1990-94; PPS to Baroness Trumpington, Ministry of Agriculture 1989; Councillor, Suffolk Coastal District Council 1976-87 (Chair in 1983); Parliamentary Candidate for Caernarfon 1979. Special political interests: Farming, forestry, countryside, small business, employment issues, waste management, racing industry. Education: Writtle Agricultural College. Hobbies: Shooting.
b. 24 April 1949, Felixstowe, Suffolk. Married with two children.

2005				2001
CON HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Conservative	26,374	47.0	2.8	22,927	44.2
Lib Dem	17,750	31.7	4.8	13,937	26.9
Labour	11,936	21.3	-5.1	13,714	26.4
UKIP	-	-	-	1,308	2.5
Majority	8,624	15.4		8,990	17.3
Turnout	56,060	65.3	1.8	51,886	63.5