Profile

Former Labour MP for Loughborough

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)

Party was Labour/Co-operative until 11 Apr 2005

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Other offices held in the past

• PPS (Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo, Paymaster General), HM Treasury (20 Nov 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) ( 6 Dec 2005 to 11 May 2010)
• PPS (John Healey, Financial Secretary), HM Treasury (10 Nov 2005 to 20 Nov 2006)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Stephen Dorrell
• John Cronin
• Mont Follick
• Lawrence Kimball
• George Winterton
• Frank Rye
• Edward Spears
• Oscar Guest
• Maurice Levy
• Jabez Johnson-Ferguson
• Edwin de Lisle
• Jabez Johnson-Ferguson

Future MPs in this constituency

• Nicky Morgan
• Jane Hunt