Alan Whitehead

Alan Whitehead

Constituency

Southampton Test

Party

Labour

Address as

Dr Whitehead

Contact details

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 5517
Fax: 020 7219 0918
whiteheada@parliament.uk

Constituency

20-22 Southampton Street, Southampton, SO15 1ED
Tel: 02380 231942
Fax: 02380 231943
alan@alan-whitehead.org.uk

Biography

Electoral history

Contested Southampton Test 1983, 1987 and 1992 general elections. Member for Southampton Test 1997-2010, for Southampton Test (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election

Parliamentary career

Joint PPS to David Blunkett as Secretary of State for Education and Employment 1999-2000; PPS to Baroness Blackstone as Minister for Education and Employment 1999-2001; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions 2001-02

Party groups

Member, Labour Party National Policy Forum 1999-2001; Chair, Manifesto Group Local Government 2007-; Sustainable Communities Policy Commission, National Policy Forum

Select committees

Member: Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs 1997-99, Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs (Environment Sub-Committee) 1997-99, Constitutional Affairs/Justice 2003-10, Standards and Privileges 2005-13, Joint Committee on the Draft Climate Change Bill 2007, Energy and Climate Change 2009-, Environmental Audit 2010-, Standards 2013-, Privileges 2013-

Councils, public bodies

Southampton City Council: Councillor 1980-92, Leader 1984-92

Political interests

Environment, local and regional government, higher education, education, constitution, transport, energy

Countries of interest

France, Lithuania, Poland

General Election 2010 - Southampton Test

Name Party Votes %
Whitehead, Alan Lab 17001 38.38%
Moulton, Jeremy Con 14588 32.93%
Callaghan, David Lib Dem 9865 22.27%
Hingston, Pearline UKIP 1726 3.9%
Bluemel, Chris Green 881 1.99%
Sanderson, Charles Ind 126 0.29%
Result Lab Hold (6.86% from Lab to Con)