Alan Meale’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Alan Meale sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Alan Meale generally voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system, while most Labour MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

Alan Meale has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Dog Meat (South Korea) — [Mr David Nuttall in the Chair] 12 Sep 2016

  In terms of the two figures I referred to, one is the overall figure for the whole country, but my hon. Friend is right; 2.5 to 3 million puppies are factory farmed for the trade.

• Dog Meat (South Korea) — [Mr David Nuttall in the Chair] 12 Sep 2016

  Everyone recognises that the trade is a cruel one, but surely the main problem—and the reason for highlighting South Korea—is that it is not simply a question of the tradition of eating dog meat; it is the scale. More than 5 million animals are killed every year, and nearly 3 million of those are farmed on puppy farms for that explicit purpose. It is not surprising that people...

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Pneumoconiosis: Compensation 5 Aug 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many recipients of posthumous claims for compensation under the (a) Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 and (b) Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Scheme 1974 were found to be in receipt of less compensation than they were entitled to after the post-mortem evidence for those claims was submitted.

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Profile

Labour MP for Mansfield

Entered the House of Commons on 11 June 1987 — General election

• Maiden speech
• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Health
• Treasury
• Defence
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Trade and Industry
• NHS: Public Participation
• Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme
• Pneumoconiosis: Compensation
• Health Services (Nottinghamshire)
• Mansfield Benefit Centre

Currently held offices

• Member, Panel of Chairs (since 24 Jan 2011)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill Committee (4 Mar 2013 to 16 Dec 2013)
• Chair, Crossrail Bill Committee (13 Dec 2005 to 13 Nov 2007)
• Member, Crossrail Bill Committee (5 Dec 2005 to 13 Dec 2005)
• Member, Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee) (10 Jul 2003 to 22 Jul 2004)
• Member, Court of Referees (1 Jul 1999 to 1 Jul 2002)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment) (28 Jul 1998 to 29 Jul 1999)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (1 Jul 1992 to 1 Jul 1994)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (19 Dec 1989 to 16 Mar 1992)
• Member, European Legislation Sub-Committee I (12 Jul 1989 to 10 Jan 1990)
• Member, European Legislation Committee (9 Feb 1988 to 15 Dec 1989)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Don Concannon
• Harry Taylor
• Charles Brown
• Frank Varley
• Albert Bennett
• William Carter
• Charles Seely
• Arthur Markham
• John Williams
• Cecil Foljambe

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Education and Adoption Bill Committee (5 out of 10)
• Chairman, Trade Union Bill Committee (5 out of 10)
• Chairman, Housing and Planning Bill Committee (13 out of 20)
• Chairman, Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Chairman, National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Equine Welfare (Ragwort Control) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Minimum Wage (Enforcement Notices) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

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• Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Alan Meale’s speeches
• Has received answers to 5 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2015: WriteToThem had possibly bad contact details for this MP.
• Has voted in 55.06% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 103 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Alan Meale’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 243 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)