He succeeded Ken Livingstone as Labour's candidate for the seat, after Livingstone was expelled for the party and decided to step down at the 2001 election in order to concentrate on his duties as Mayor of London. His campaign had Livingstone's backing.
In July of 2003Daisley and Barnes convened in Florida to record a new studio album as Living Loud, a group fleshed out with Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse, Uriah Heep drummer Lee Kerslake and Purple keyboardist Don Airey, the latter both old mates of Bobs from the Ozzy Osbourne daze (pun intended).
The pair?s reunion, and the subsequent tour in the summer of 2004, was to be prematurely curtailed, due to a hand injury sustained by Gary.
Daisley fostered distribution of Living Louds debut CD across the United States in January of 2006, to coincide with the DVD release of the bands 2004 debut live concert at Sydney Fox Studios in Australia.
Paul Andrew Daisley (July 20, 1957-June 18, 2003) was an English politician.
Daisley was leader of Brent Council until his selection to stand for Parliament.
He succeeded Ken Livingstone as Labour's candidate for the seat, after Livingstone was expelled for the party and decided to step down at the 2001 election in order to concentrate on his duties as Mayor of London.