Alan Campbell is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Tynemouth since 1997.
Background
Alan Campbell was born and bred in Consett and went to the Blackfyne Grammar School (in the year above the actress Denise Welch) on Durham Road (A691), Blackhill in the town before attending the University of Lancaster where he was awarded a Bachelor in Politics.
Education
Lancaster University. University of Leeds.
Career
He is currently the Deputy Chief Whip of the Labour Party. He then gained a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the University of Leeds, before finishing his education at the Newcastle Polytechnic with a Master of Arts in History. He contested the Conservative-held marginal constituency of Tynemouth at the 1997 general election where he defeated Martin Callanan by 11,273 votes.
He made his maiden speech on 2 June 1997.
After the 2001 General Election he became the Parliamentary Private Secretary (Parliamentary Private Secretary) to the Minister of State at the Cabinet Office Gus Macdonald, and in 2003 became the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Adam Ingram at the Ministry of Defence. He entered the government of Tony Blair after the 2005 General Election as an assistant Whip, being promoted to a full whip in 2006.
On 5 October 2008, Campbell was promoted to the Home Office as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State. At the 2010 General Election Alan Campbell was one of the very few Labour MPs re-elected by an increased majority.
After Editor Miliband was appointed party leader Alan was appointed Deputy Chief Whip of the Labour Party serving under Rosie Winterton as Chief Whip.
Voting Record
In Parliament, Campbell has not broken the Labour Party whip and voted in favour of committing United Kingdom troops to the Iraq war. With regard to issues on which there was no whip, Campbell supported equal gay rights, legal restrictions on hunting foxes with hounds, and a partially elected House of Lords. More recently, he opposed raising the tuition fee cap to £9,000 and the government"s education proposals on Academies and Free Schools.
Expenses
Mr Campbell was not found to have misappropriated any funds by the Legg inquiry in 2010.
Along with all other MPs in the House of Commons Mr Campbell"s expenses are audited by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and can be viewed by the public online.
Politics
He served as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from 2008 until 2010, when the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats came to power.
Membership
52nd United Kingdom Parliament. 53rd United Kingdom Parliament. 54th United Kingdom Parliament.
55th United Kingdom Parliament.
56th United Kingdom Parliament]
Following his election, Alan Campbell was a member of the Public Accounts Select Committee for the duration of his first parliament. As a member of the government, he supported proposals for foundation hospitals, top-up fees for students, Identity cards, and renewing Trident missiles.