Profile

Former Labour MP for High Peak

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

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Work and Pensions Committee ( 7 Nov 2007 to 11 May 2010)
• PPS (Rt Hon Hilary Benn, Secretary of State), Department for International Development (10 Nov 2005 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Member, Draft Disability Discrimination Bill (Joint Committee) (28 May 2004 to 11 Jun 2004)
• PPS (Rt Hon Hilary Benn, Secretary of State), Department for International Development (13 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Charles Hendry
• Christopher Hawkins
• Spencer Le Marchant
• Peter Jackson
• David Walder
• Arthur Molson
• Alfred Law
• Samuel Hill-Wood
• Alfred Law
• Samuel Hill-Wood
• Oswald Partington
• William Sidebottom

Future MPs in this constituency

• Andrew Bingham
• Ruth George
• Robert Largan