Member for Telford since 2004. Committees: Vice-Chair, All-Party Architecture and Planning Group since 2003; Member, Administration Committee 2001-02; Member, Procedure Committee since 2001; Member, Environmental Audit Select Committee since 2001. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rosie Winterton at Department of Health since 2004. Special political interests: Housing and regeneration, culture and heritage, poverty. Profession/Trade: Member, Chartered Institute of Housing. Education: New College, Telford; Wolverhampton Polytechnic, Degree in Humanities (1988). Affiliations: TGWU. Hobbies: Watching local football; local history.
b. 22 December 1966. Married.

2005				2001
LAB HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
Labour	16,506	48.3	-6.3	16,854	54.6
Conservative	11,100	32.5	5.0	8,471	27.4
Lib Dem	4,941	14.4	1.5	3,983	12.9
UKIP	1,659	4.9	1.3	1,098	3.6
Soc Alliance	-	-	-	469	1.5
Majority	5,406	15.8		8,383	27.2
Turnout	34,206	57.7	5.8	30,875	51.9