This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.
Alan Meale
Labour MP for Mansfield
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
- Majority: 11,365 votes. — 125th out of 643 MPs.
- Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
- Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
- Email me whenever Alan Meale speaks (no more than once per day)
- Help us add video by matching a speech by Alan Meale
- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Alan Meale voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Treasury, Trade and Industry, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): NHS: Public Participation, Health Services (Nottinghamshire), Agricultural Workers, Greyhounds, Health Services
(based on written questions asked by Alan Meale and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Equine Welfare (Ragwort Control) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- National Minimum Wage (Enforcement Notices) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Home Department: Motor Vehicles: Waste Disposal (3 Dec 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to each police force has been of operations which resulted in the seizure and crushing of motor vehicles in each of the last four years.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Motor Vehicles: Waste Disposal (3 Dec 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many motor vehicles the police have ordered to be crushed in each police force area in each of the last four years.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Bradford and Bingley (17 Jun 2009)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date Ministers in his Department asked departmental officials to draft proposals to take the Bradford and Bingley Building Society into public ownership.”
More of Alan Meale's recent appearances
Numerology
Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)
- Has spoken in 1 debate in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 61% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 58 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Alan Meale speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 210 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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.
| 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 | £23,959 (70th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,594 | £20,899 (joint 201st with 3 others) | £20,265 (212th) | £19,720 (joint 241st with 7 others) | £16,725 (103rd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £17,814 (322nd) | £20,149 (235th) | £19,007 (431st) | £19,067 | £19,324 (joint 89th with 9 others) | £18,794 (joint 223rd with 4 others) | £18,233 (joint 185th with 7 others) | £28,625 (38th) |
| Staffing costs | £104,308 (63rd) | £90,505 (joint 183rd with 5 others) | £87,306 (joint 153rd with 1 other) | £84,165 | £55,790 (632nd) | £62,751 (547th) | £61,980 (joint 397th with 36 others) | £37,194 (561st) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,663 (148th) | £6,599 (390th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £20,935 (13th)3 | £21,403 (15th)2 | £17,041 (34th)1 | £16,841 | £23,118 (30th) | £22,260 (35th) | £21,455 (38th) | £21,750 (9th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,325 (54th) | £1,325 (62nd) | £1,325 (84th) | £1,325 | £1,911 (82nd) | £1,239 (124th) | £1,351 (112th) | £1,482 (73rd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £449 (210th) | £562 (206th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,481 (321st) | £493 (joint 496th with 1 other) | £506 (529th) | £763 | £886 (329th) | £706 (404th) | £1,182 (259th) | £425 (579th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,889 (390th) | £2,308 (368th) | £3,278 | £4,430 (168th) | £4,170 (153rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,264 (joint 236th with 1 other) | £735 (620th) | £0 | £1,937 (joint 228th with 2 others) | £1,937 (joint 224th with 2 others) | £1,937 (joint 221st with 2 others) | £1,937 (joint 211th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £182,933 (11th) | £167,272 (28th) | £150,338 (85th) | £147,033 | £128,295 (224th) | £132,122 (89th) | £125,858 (59th) | £108,138 (26th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £7,585 (15th). Rail £10,802 (29th). Misc £202 (121st). Other: Rail £77 (131st). European £2,737 (4th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £7,975 (9th). Rail £11,525 (26th). Misc £207 (126th). Other: Rail £18 (156th). European £1,210 (39th).
1 Car £7,940 (15th). Rail £7,601 (77th). Other £928 (25th). European £572 (80th).