Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough since 1997. Committees: Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mobile Communications; Vice-Chair, AP Education and Pluralism Group; Vice-Chair, AP Further Education and Lifelong Learning Group. Political career: LD Spokesperson, Education and Skills since 2001, Education and Employment 1997-2001, Education 1997-1999. Profession/Trade: Teacher. Education: Burnley Grammar School; University of Birmingham, BPhil; City of Leeds and Carnegie College, Cert Ed.
b. 30 November 1941, Burnley. Married with two children.

2005				2001
LIB DEM HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Lib Dem	24,113	56.3	0.7	23,445	55.6
Conservative	13,684	31.9	-2.7	14,600	34.6
Labour	3,627	8.5	1.1	3,101	7.4
UKIP	845	2.0	0.2	761	1.8
BNP	466	1.1	-	-	-
Alliance for Change	123	0.3	-	-	-
ProLife Alliance	-	-	-	272	0.6
Majority	10,429	24.3		8,845	21
Turnout	42,858	65.3	0.6	42,179	64.7