Member for Dartford since 1997. Committees: Member, House of Commons Health Select Committee 1997-2001; Chair, All-Party Pharmacy Group; Chair, All-Party Primary Care and Public Health Group; Chair, All-Party Men's Health Group; Co-Chair, All-Party Obesity Group; Vice-Chair, All-Party Asthma Group; Treasurer, All-Party Asthma Group; Secretary, PLP Health Group; Vice-Chair, All-Party Health Forum. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon John Denham MP, Minister of State at the Home Office 2001-03; Dartford Borough Councillor 1990-99; Chair of Finance 1995-97. Special political interests: Health, environment, home affairs, local government. Profession/Trade: General practitioner; GP tutor. Education: Kingston Grammar School; Kings College London, MBBS, MSc; Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Author of: All's Well That Starts Well - Strategy for Children's Health (2002). Affiliations: Amicus. Hobbies: Running, sailing, reading, travel.
b. 14 April 1954, Weymouth. Married with two children.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	19,909	42.6	-5.4	21,466	48
Conservative	19,203	41.1	0.5	18,160	40.6
Lib Dem	5,036	10.8	2.3	3,781	8.5
UKIP	1,407	3.0	0.8	989	2.2
New England Party	1,224	2.6	-	-	-
Independent	-	-	-	344	0.8
Majority	706	1.5		3,306	7.4
Turnout	46,779	63.1	1.2	44,740	61.9