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Alan Campbell
Labour MP for Tynemouth

    • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Alan Campbell voted on key issues since 2001:

    • Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
    • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
    • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
    • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
    • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
    • Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
    • Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
    • Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
    • Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
    • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
    • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
    • Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
    • Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
    • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes

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    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, Theft: Metals, North Tyneside LEA, Speech Therapy, Metals: Theft

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    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Opposition Day: Backbench Business — [Unallotted half day] — Metal Theft (7 Feb 2012)

    “May I begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Hyndburn (Graham Jones) on the way he introduced the debate and on the lead he has shown on this important issue? I congratulate also the other authors of the excellent motion we are debating. This is an important time for tackling this issue. I start my brief remarks by congratulating the Government and agreeing with them on some...”

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    • Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 27 written questions in the last year — 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 82.00% 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") 146 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Payment of £75 from Populus received on 18 March 2011, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, for participation in opinion research, February 2011. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 1 July 2011)
    29 November 2011, received payment of £75 from ComRes, Four Millbank,,London SW1P, for participation in opinion research, October-November 2011. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 20 December 2011)
    9 January 2012, received payment of £75 from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P, for participation in opinion research, November - December 2011.  Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 19 January 2012)

    Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register

    View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

    Expenses

    Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

    Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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).