Alan Campbell’s voting in Parliament

Alan Campbell is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a selection of Alan Campbell’s votes.

• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 7 votes against, between 2010–2016
• Almost always voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 3 votes for, 19 votes against, 4 absences, between 2010–2015
• Almost always voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 0 votes for, 16 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2018
• Consistently voted against greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 0 votes for, 12 votes against, between 2013–2016
• Consistently voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, between 2010–2018
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 66 votes for, 14 votes against, 37 absences, between 2006–2018

We have lots more plain English analysis of Alan Campbell’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Alan Campbell’s full vote analysis page for more.

Alan Campbell has occasionally rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• EU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Advice: Education Funding 13 Nov 2018

  claimed to move the closure ( Standing Order No. 36). Question put forthwith, That the Question be now put. Question agreed to. Main Question put accordingly and agreed to. Resolved, That this House notes the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ finding that education spending as a share of national income has fallen from 5.8 per cent to 4.3 per cent since 2010, including funding cuts of over...

• Sustainable Fisheries 4 Jul 2018

  The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund will allocate more than £250 million to UK fishing communities by 2020. The Secretary of State has chosen to ignore this question twice, so let me ask it in a different form: has the Treasury guaranteed that money after we leave.

• Leaving the Eu: Fisheries Management 20 Mar 2018

  Given that we export such a large proportion of our prawns and other shellfish to Europe, should we not have the freest possible trade with Europe?

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Profile

Labour MP for Tynemouth

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @alancampbellmp
• https://facebook.com/AlanCampbellMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Alan Campbell campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Education and Skills
• Home Department
• Health
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department of Health
• North East
• Energy: Housing
• Metal Theft
• North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group
• North Tyneside LEA

Currently held offices

• Member, Selection Committee (since 12 Sep 2017)
• Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) (since 8 Oct 2010)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committee of Selection (12 Sep 2017 to 12 Sep 2017)
• Member, Committee of Selection (17 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Committee of Selection (13 Oct 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Crime Reduction) (5 Oct 2008 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Committee of Selection (10 May 2006 to 8 Oct 2008)
• Government Whip (5 May 2006 to 5 Oct 2008)
• Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee (19 Dec 2005 to 9 May 2006)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (10 May 2005 to 5 May 2006)
• PPS (Rt Hon Adam Ingram, Minister of State), Ministry of Defence (13 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, Draft Charities Bill (Joint Committee) (29 Apr 2004 to 15 Sep 2004)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (25 Jul 1997 to 11 May 2001)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Neville Trotter
• Irene Ward
• Grace Colman
• Alexander Russell
• Charles Percy
• Herbert Craig
• Frederick Harris
• Richard Donkin

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• 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)
• Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• 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)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 7 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Alan Campbell’s speeches
• 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 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 83.66% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 17 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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.
• 108 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Alan Campbell’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 168 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)