Profile

Former Labour MP for Dewsbury

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

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

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Other offices held in the past

• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government (10 Jun 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Justice ( 6 Oct 2008 to 10 Jun 2009)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development (28 Jun 2007 to 6 Oct 2008)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (27 Mar 2007 to 11 May 2010)
• PPS (Jim Knight, Minister of State), Department for Education and Skills ( 8 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 18 Jul 2006)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Ann Taylor
• John Whitfield
• David Ginsburg
• William Paling
• Benjamin Riley
• Walter Rea
• Benjamin Riley
• Thomas Harvey
• Benjamin Riley
• Emil Pickering
• Walter Runciman
• Mark Oldroyd
• John Simon

Future MPs in this constituency

• Simon Reevell
• Paula Sherriff
• Mark Eastwood