Member for West Bromwich East since 2001. Committees: Member, Home Affairs Select Committee; Standing Committee for Proceeds of Crime Bill; Vice-Treasurer of the All-Party Parliamentary Music Group; participant in Police Parliamentary Scheme. Political career: Chair, Wyre Forest CLP 1998-2000; Member, Labour Party's West Midlands Executive since 1997; Member, Labour's National Policy Forum since 1997; LP Deputy General Election Co-ordinator until 1997; Chair, Labour Students 1992-93. Special political interests: Law and order, industry, manufacturing, sport, transport. Profession/Trade: Political Officer, AEEU Engineering Union; worked for Save the Children Fund. Author of: Taking Responsibility-Dealing with the Legacy of Radioactive Waste (2002); (Co-author with Mark Tami) Votes For All (2002); (Joint-Editor) Liberal Demolition (anti-Liberal Democrat magazine). Hobbies: Watching football, reading, playing on Playstation 2, travel.
Married.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	19,741	55.6	-0.3	18,250	55.9
Conservative	8,089	22.8	-3.2	8,487	26
Lib Dem	4,386	12.4	-1.5	4,507	13.8
BNP	2,329	6.6	-	-	-
UKIP	607	1.7	-0.9	835	2.6
Soc Lab	200	0.6	-1.2	585	1.8
Independent	160	0.5	-	-	-
Majority	11,652	32.8		9,763	29.9
Turnout	35,512	58.6	5.2	32,664	53.4