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Alex Cunningham is a former MP for Stockton North.

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Former Labour MP for Stockton North

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @ACunninghamMP
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Alex Cunningham campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department for Transport
• Offshore Industry: Helicopters
• Burma
• Courts: Coronavirus
• Offshore Industry: Safety
• Offshore Industry

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill Committee ( 1 May 2024 to 8 May 2024)
• Member, Criminal Justice Bill Committee ( 6 Dec 2023 to 30 Jan 2024)
• Member, Carer’s Leave Bill Committee ( 2 Nov 2022 to 9 Nov 2022)
• Member, Public Order Bill Committee (25 May 2022 to 21 Jun 2022)
• Member, Judicial Review and Courts Bill (27 Oct 2021 to 23 Nov 2021)
• Member, Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (12 May 2021 to 24 Jun 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Justice) (10 Apr 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (25 Feb 2019 to 8 May 2019)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Pensions) (14 Oct 2016 to 21 Dec 2017)
• Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (18 Sep 2015 to 27 Jun 2016)
• Member, Education Committee ( 7 Nov 2011 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee (17 Jan 2011 to 8 Mar 2011)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee ( 2 Nov 2010 to 27 Jun 2011)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Frank Cook

Future MPs in this constituency

• Chris McDonald

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Criminal Justice Bill Committee (14 out of 16)
• Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Carer’s Leave Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Public Order Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
• Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
• Judicial Review and Courts Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Childcare Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Childcare Payments Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
• Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Offender Rehabilitation Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Deep Sea Mining Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
• Coinage (Measurement) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (18 out of 18)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Treasury: Northern Rock plc: Compensation 23 May 2024

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a compensation scheme for Northern Rock shareholders.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Asylum: Children 21 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of children who have been allocated a transfer to a local authority through the National Transfer Scheme have been refused by that local authority.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Asylum: Children 21 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of children have refused their (a) first and (b) second move on the National Transfer Scheme; and what guidance his Department issues on refusals by children to move through the National Transfer Scheme.

More of Alex Cunningham’s recent appearances