 Member for Bolton South East since 1997. Committees: Member, Science and Technology Select Committee; Member, Labour Party Backbench Committees on Education and Environment, Transport and the Regions, and Health and Social Services; Officer of All-Party Parliamentary Groups include: Skills, Communities and Local Government; British-Palestine (Secretary), Drugs Misuse (Chair), Parliamentary and Scientific Committee (Vice- Chair), Warm Homes (Treasurer); Member of numerous All- Party Groups. Political career: Honorary Alderman, Bolton Metropolitan Council since 1998; Member, Bolton Metropolitan District Council 1977-98; Chair, Housing Committee 1986-96; Vice-Chair, Housing 1980-82. Special political interests: Housing, science policy, education, health. Profession/Trade: Chemist. Education: Christ Church Boys- Secondary School, Southport; Southport Technical College; University of Hull, BSc Chemistry, PhD Organic Chemistry, DSc. Author of: 148 assorted publications. Affiliations: numerous, including: Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry; Patron, Society of Registration Officers; Patron, Bully Free Zone, Bolton; Honorary Patron, The National Association of British Market Authorities. Hobbies: Gardening, philately, cricket. b. 5 July 1940, Tarleton, West Lancashire. Married with four children (two stepchildren).
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2005 |
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2001 |
|
| LAB HOLD |
Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
18,129 |
56.9 |
-4.9 |
21,129 |
61.9 |
| Conservative |
6,491 |
20.4 |
-3.8 |
8,258 |
24.2 |
| Lib Dem |
6,047 |
19.0 |
7.5 |
3,941 |
11.5 |
| UKIP |
840 |
2.6 |
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| Scot Soc |
|
|
|
826 |
2.4 |
| Veritas |
343 |
1.1 |
|
|
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| Majority |
11,638 |
36.5 |
|
12,871 |
37.7 |
| Turnout |
31,850 |
50.0 |
-0.1 |
34,154 |
50.1 |
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