Age
53
Family
Married to a forensic psychiatrist, with grown-up children
Education
Medicine and BSc in pathology at Guy’s Hospital, London, graduating from King’s College London in 1986
Career
1992
Qualified as a GP. Worked in rural Dartmoor as a GP trainer and was also an RCGP examiner and a police forensic examiner for Devon and Cornwall Police
2010
Elected as Conservative MP for Totnes
2014
Elected chair of the House of Commons health committee
Career high
Becoming an MP. ‘I enjoy the challenge of trying to make a difference to people’s lives’
Other interests
Running, riding a tandem, gardening and painting ‘bad watercolours’
