Party:
Labour

Constituency:
Rotherham

Date of birth:
21 May 1948

Telephone:
020 7270 1500

Address:
King Charles Street, London, SW1A 2AH

Political profile:
Denis MacShane has been a Labour MP since a 1994 by-election and has established himself as one of the party's leading pro-Europeans.

One of his other interests is in the BBC, which he criticises for a decline in standards; he was an employee of the Corporation in the 1970s.

He served as a parliamentary private secretary to successive Foreign Office ministers throughout the 1997 Parliament, before joining their number himself after the 2001 election.

He caused embarrassment after President Chavez of Venezuela was deposed in 2002, describing him as a 'ranting, populist demagogue' - two days before he was restored to power.

Following the reshuffle in October 2002 caused by the resignation of Estelle Morris as education secretary he was appointed as Europe Minister.

TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE
Labour		63.9%
Conservative		19.4%
Liberal Democrat		10.6%

IN DETAIL
Name	Party	Votes	%
Denis MacShane	Labour	18,759	63.9
Richard Powell	Conservative	5,682	19.4
Allan Hall	Liberal Democrat	3,117	10.6
Peter Griffith	UK Independence Party	730	2.5
Richard Penycate	Green	577	2
Freda Smith	SA	352	1.2
Geoffrey Bartholomew	JLiberal DemocratP	137	0.5
Majority		13,077
Turnout		50.7%

POLITICAL MAKE UP OF YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER