Member for South Derbyshire since 1997. Committees: Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group, Motor Neurone Disease since 2002; Secretary, All-Party Parliamentary Group, Pharmacy since 2001; Member, EFRA Select Committee 2001-02; Member, Agriculture Select Committee 1997-2001. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean since 2002; Parliamentary Candidate, South Derbyshire 1992; Member, Cambridge City Council 1980-92. Special political interests: Business, economics, local government, environment, agriculture, transport, co-operative movement. Profession/Trade: Publisher. Education: Sherborne School; Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, BA History. Affiliations: Amicus, Greenpeace, Amnesty, Royal Society of Arts.
b. 29 December 1954. Married with one son.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	24,823	44.5	-6.2	26,338	50.7
Conservative	20,328	36.4	0.8	18,487	35.6
Lib Dem	7,600	13.6	3.5	5,233	10.1
BNP	1,797	3.2	-	-	-
Veritas	1,272	2.3	-	-	-
UKIP	-	-	-	1,074	2.1
Soc Lab	-	-	-	564	1.1
Independent	-	-	-	249	0.5
Majority	4,495	8.0		7,851	15.1
Turnout	55,820	65.6	1.5	51,945	64.1