Member for Gosport since 1974. Committees: Chair, Political Committee, NATO Parliamentary Assembly; Treasurer, British-American Parliamentary Group; Former Vice-Chair, Select Committee on Defence. Political career: Elected Member, Council of Lloyd's of London 1992-95; Delegate to North Atlantic Assembly 1992-2001, and 1980-86; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Industry Minister) for Northern Ireland 1986-89; Chair, Campaign for Defence and Multilateral Disarmament 1984-86; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Chief Secretary for the Treasury 1983-85; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Solicitor General 1979-83. Special political interests: Defence, trade, pensions. Profession/Trade: Solicitor; RAF Pilot 1956-58. Education: Portsmouth Grammar School; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, MA; College of Law. Languages spoken: French. Affiliations: Territorial Army 1963-68; Vice-President, Royal National Lifeboat Institution 1960. Hobbies: Walking, opera, travel.
b. 13 March 1938. Married with three children.

2005				2001
CON HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Conservative	19,268	44.8	1.1	17,364	43.6
Labour	13,538	31.5	-5.6	14,743	37.1
Lib Dem	7,145	16.6	1.5	6,011	15.1
UKIP	1,825	4.2	1.3	1,162	2.9
Green	1,258	2.9	-	-	-
Soc Lab	-	-	-	509	1.3
Majority	5,730	13.3	-	2,621	6.6
Turnout	43,034	60.5	3.4	39,789	57.1