Personal Life
He married Camilla Davan Sainsbury, daughter of former Conservative MP Tim Sainsbury of the wealthy supermarket Sainsbury family, on 2 May 1987 in Newbury. They have one son (Thomas, born July 1989) and three daughters (Eleanor, born May 1991, Olivia, born October 1993, and Katherine, born September 1996).
He was said in 2001 to be the only Labour MP with a butler.
He added a seventh property to his property portfolio in January 2010 and now has a 1 million pound apartment in an alpine resort, along with a £1.35m London flat, a £7m pad in Hamptons, a £5m villa in Mustique, a house in the south of France, a £2m townhouse and a modest £85,000 home in his St. Helens constituency.
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