Alan Beith
Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 3540
Fax: 020 7219 5890
alan.beith.mp@parliament.uk
Constituency
54 Bondgate Within, Alnwick, NE66 1JD
Tel: 01665 602901
Fax: 01665 604435
alanbeith@berwicklibdems.org.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Berwick-upon-Tweed 1970 general election. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed 8 November 1973 by-election to 2010, for Berwick-upon-Tweed (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
Chief Whip, Liberal Party 1976-87;
Member House of Commons Commission 1979-97;
Liberal Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs 1985-87;
Alliance Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs 1987;
Liberal Spokesperson for Treasury 1987;
SLD Spokesperson for Treasury 1988-89;
Liberal Democrat:
Treasury Spokesperson 1989-94,
Home Affairs Spokesperson 1994-95;
Member, Intelligence and Security Committee 1994-2008;
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for:
Police, Prison and Security Matters 1995-97,
Home and Legal Affairs (Home Affairs) 1997-99;
Contested Speaker election 2000;
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Cabinet Office 2001-02;
Member:
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 2001-10;
Deputy chairman Review Committee of Privy Counsellors of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2002-04;
Contested Speaker election 2009
Party groups
Deputy Leader:
Liberal Party 1985-88,
Liberal Democrat Party 1993-2003
Select committees
Member: Procedure 2000-01;
Liaison:
Member 2003-10,
Chair 2010-;
Chair: Constitutional Affairs/Justice 2003-;
Member: Liaison (Liaison Sub-Committee) 2006-10,
Joint Committee on National Security Strategy 2010-;
Liaison (National Policy Statements Sub-committee):
Member 2010-12,
Chair 2012-
Councils, public bodies
Councillor:
Hexham RDC 1969-74,
Tynedale DC 1974-75
Political interests
Parliamentary and constitutional affairs, architectural and artistic heritage
Countries of interest
Canada, Scandinavia, Zimbabwe
General Election 2010 - Berwick-upon-Tweed
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Beith, Alan |
Lib Dem |
16806 |
43.63% |
| Trevelyan, Anne-Marie |
Con |
14116 |
36.65% |
| Strickland, Alan |
Lab |
5061 |
13.14% |
| Weatheritt, Michael |
UKIP |
1243 |
3.23% |
| Mailer, Peter |
BNP |
1213 |
3.15% |
| Result |
Lib Dem Hold (8.3% from Lib Dem to Con) |