Personal Life
He married Wyn Bartley in 1977 in Crosby and they have two sons (born 1980 and June 1985) and a daughter.
He is a season ticket holder at Manchester City F.C. A member of the Christian Socialist Movement who has broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 Thought for the Day slot on the Today programme. In an interview on BBC Radio Five Live in 2004 he claimed that his family was the inspiration for the Mrs. Goggins character in the Postman Pat series. The Manchester Airport lies within his constituency boundaries.
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