Member for Wolverhampton North East since 1992. Committees: Joint Chair, All-Party Exports Group; Member, DTI Select Committee 1993-94; Chair, Parliamentary Labour Party Backbench Committee on Trade and Industry since 1993. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt Hon Robin Cook, Foreign Secretary, since 1997; Member, Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council 1973-90. Special political interests: Industry, health, education. Profession/Trade: Toolmaker; local government worker; business adviser. Education: City and Guilds in Engineering; Certificate in Community Studies and BA (Hons) in Social Sciences. Affiliations: Member, Co-operative Party. Hobbies: Jazz, swimming.
b. 8 January 1939, Wolverhampton. Married with two children.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour and Co-operative	17,948	54.5	-5.8	18,984	60.3
Conservative	9,792	29.7	1.1	9,019	28.6
Lib Dem	3,845	11.7	3.8	2,494	7.9
UKIP	1,371	4.2	1.0	997	3.2
Majority	8,156	24.7	-	9,965	31.6
Turnout	32,956	54.4	2.3	31,494	52.1