Denis stood for the Liberal Democrats in Hull North at the 2005 General Election, and achieved a magnificent
swing from Labour cutting their majority by 3000 votes.
Denis firmly believes that Hull needs a local MP who will put the area first, whose first priority will
always be to local residents and not the Government in London. Thanks to his efforts the Liberal Democrats
are now closer than anyone has been in a generation to breaking Labour's 43 year stranglehold on Hull
North.
Denis campaigns hard, all year round, for a better deal for Hull. He has distributed two major surveys,
on Crime and the NHS, to over 40,000 households in the Hull North constituency, and has organised petitions
to save local Post Offices in Hull from closure. Denis is fighting to scrap the Humber Bridge debt, and abolish
Labour's scandelous back-dated Port Taxes. He is fighting for a fair deal for Hull during these difficult times.
He has also launched a petition, in the wake of the devastating flooding Hull suffered in mid 2007, to
improve the water pumping facilities in the Bransholme area of Hull.
Denis is married to Alison and has two grown up children, Sean and Maria, and a baby daughter Melanie,
who was born in Hull Royal Infirmary in January 2007.
When he is not busy campaigning, Denis enjoys spending time with his family. His pastimes include refereeing
football and acting with the Hull Playgoers Society who regularly perform at Hull Truck theatre.