Who is your favourite singer or band?

Hmmm. Probably Pearl Jam (‘Ten’ being the best album).

What is the most fun thing you've done?

White water rafting in the French Alps, before climbing up the inside of a water fall to a plateau 50 feet above the river (a melted glacier…so very very cold) and diving back in. Amazing.

If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!

To be successful, happy and respected.

What did you want to be after you left school?

A designer and writer. Spent a year freelancing designing magazines, web sites, doing branding work and some writing – loved it all, but in the end the lure of politics was too much.

Were you ever in trouble in at school?

All the blummin time. I was the kid who wouldn’t shut up … I think I was kicked off of my GCSE Art and History courses because I was too much of a disruption. Seemed fun at the time, but I regret it looking back.

What's the best thing you've done as a councillor?

Probably helping a family who were being pelted by rocks from local kids everyday walking back from infant school. The police weren’t providing a solution, so I intervened to make sure they did.

Tell us a joke.

Erm … maybe I’ll show you my university dissertation someday. That was a bit of a joke.