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) |