 Member for Amber Valley since 1997. Committees: Member, Trade and Industry Select Committee since 2003; Member, Education and Employment Select Committee 1997-2001; Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Textiles, Clothing and Footwear; Vice-Chair, Trade Union Group of Labour MPs; Co-Chair, UNISON Group of Labour MPs. Political career: Member, Regional Labour Party Executive; Chair, Constituency Labour Party; Member, Advisory Council, Northern College for Adult Education; Member, NCCL Women-s Rights Committee; former Chair, Labour Research Department. Special political interests: Employment, equal opportunities, education, local government, civil liberties. Profession/Trade: Director, then Research Fellow, Local Government Information Unit 1985-95; Senior Research Officer, NUPE 1975-85. Education: St Anne-s College, Oxford. Affiliations: UNISON, Amnesty International, Friends of the Earth, Action for Southern Africa. Hobbies: Cinema, theatre, reading. b. 10 July 1951.
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2005 |
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2001 |
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| LAB HOLD |
Votes |
% |
+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
21,593 |
45.6 |
-6.3 |
23,101 |
51.9 |
| Conservative |
16,318 |
34.4 |
-1.2 |
15,874 |
35.7 |
| Lib Dem |
6,225 |
13.1 |
0.7 |
5,538 |
12.4 |
| BNP |
1,243 |
2.6 |
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|
|
| Veritas |
1,224 |
2.6 |
|
|
|
| UKIP |
788 |
1.7 |
|
|
|
| Majority |
5,275 |
11.1 |
|
7,227 |
16.2 |
| Turnout |
47,391 |
62.9 |
2.6 |
44,513 |
60.3 |
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