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Alan Campbell
Labour MP for Tynemouth
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Alan Campbell voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education and Skills, Home Department, Health, Deputy Prime Minister, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): North East, Metal Theft, North Tyneside LEA, Speech Therapy, Education (North Tyneside)
(based on written questions asked by Alan Campbell and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Crime and Security Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Policing and Crime Bill Committee (15 out of 16)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- Extradition Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
- Civil Defence (Grant) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living (16 May 2012)
“claimed to move the closure (Standing Order No. 36 ). Question put forthwith, That the question be now put. Question agreed to.”
- Supplementary Estimates 2011-12 — Home Office: Forensic Science Service (27 Feb 2012)
“Does the Minister not accept that since that debate—of which we both have memories, and certainly not fond ones—the context has changed? We were talking about the police making decisions when they had budgets that were rising year on year. How much does he believe the decisions that the police are now making about forensics are driven by the cuts they see coming down the line?”
- Supplementary Estimates 2011-12 — Home Office: Forensic Science Service (27 Feb 2012)
“Let me first place on the record my thanks to the Science and Technology Committee for its report and to my hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Andrew Miller) for the excellent leadership he has shown and the way in which he introduced the debate. I hesitated to speak in this debate for two reasons, both linked. I had responsibility for the Forensic Science Service in the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 11 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 83.21% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 17 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 148 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £16,887 (387th) | £21,188 (334th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,568 | £19,829 (315th) | £19,434 (294th) | £19,477 (324th) | £15,569 (279th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £24,325 (65th) | £23,761 (71st) | £29,140 (joint 12th with 6 others) | £28,394 | £19,307 (joint 132nd with 1 other) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £19,888 (168th) |
| Staffing costs | £84,501 (526th) | £78,998 (543rd) | £78,576 (joint 484th with 2 others) | £74,970 | £66,476 (494th) | £60,982 (joint 582nd with 1 other) | £58,362 (561st) | £37,165 (564th) |
| Communications Allowance | £13,808 (39th) | £11,851 (52nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £16,088 (50th)1 | £16,453 (53rd)2 | £13,626 (98th)3 | £14,508 | £19,195 (66th) | £15,842 (120th) | £16,774 (99th) | £13,778 (92nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £601 (136th) | £1,138 (80th) | £1,214 (99th) | £0 | £674 (243rd) | £2,019 (55th) | £2,693 (24th) | £1,477 (75th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £346 (41st) | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £5,712 (136th) | £1,519 (joint 91st with 1 other) | £2,443 (67th) | £1,246 | £1,737 (136th) | £838 (337th) | £854 (405th) | £515 (543rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,452 (304th) | £5,422 (126th) | £1,879 | £4,468 (165th) | £1,438 (502nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,288 (joint 208th with 2 others) | £1,090 (joint 258th with 10 others) | £0 | £1,943 (joint 212th with 5 others) | £1,943 (joint 208th with 5 others) | £1,943 (joint 205th with 5 others) | £1,943 (joint 195th with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £162,267 (162nd) | £158,648 (116th) | £153,621 (57th) | £142,565 | £133,629 (129th) | £121,295 (280th) | £118,337 (203rd) | £90,335 (283rd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,995 (189th). Rail £11,128 (33rd). Air £965 (101st).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,020 (215th). Rail £11,925 (20th). Air £508 (119th).
3 Car £4,475 (198th). Rail £7,052 (91st). Air £2,099 (98th).