Alan Meale's CV
Consituency Profile: Nottinghamshire (Mining, Textiles and Brewing).
Party: Labour
1987 GENERAL ELECTION
Majority: 56 (smallest majority in Parliament at that election)
1992 GENERAL ELECTION
Alan Meale: Lab: 29,932
Gary Mond: Con: 18,208
Stuart Thompstone: Lib Dem: 6,925
Majority: 11,724 (16.9% swing to a Candidate during the 1992 election)
1997 GENERAL ELECTION
Alan Meale: Lab: 30,556
Tim Frost: Con: 10,038
Philip Smith: Lib Dem: 5,244
Jim Bogusz: Ref: 1,588
Majority: 20,518
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 31 July 1949 (Bishop Auckland - County Durham)
Marital Status: Married with two children - wife Diana
Education:
St Joseph's RC School
Bishop Aukland
Durham University
Sheffield Hallam University
Previous Occupations: Author, Editor, Development Officer, Trade Union Official, Researcher, Political Adviser and Journalist
Address: Contact Details
Work: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA, Tel: 0171 219 3000
POLITICAL CAREER
Member of Parliament for Mansfield 1987 - Front Bench Labour Whip 1992 - 1994 ( Responsibilities Transport, Social Security and Home Affairs)
Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Prescot MP (Deputy Leader of the Labour Party) 1994 - 1997
Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt hon John Prescott MP (Deputy Prime Minister) 1997 - 1998
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment 1998 - 1999
Ex-Executive Member, Inter Parliamentary Union and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Chairman, PLP East Midlands and Central Groups 1998 - 1995
Member of Parliamentary Court of Referees 1997 -
Former Member, European Legislation Select - Committee
Former Member, Home Affairs Select Committee
Ex-Vice Chairman, PLP Employment Committee
Ex-Treasurer, Parliamentary Football Committee
Chairman, British Cyprus Committee
Ex-Treasurer, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Cyprus (UK) Group
Parliamentary Representative, SSAFA (Armed forces Social Welfare Organisation) 1989 - 1997
Ex-Secretary, All-party Animal Welfare Group
Member, War Pensions Board 1989 - 1997
Vice-Chairman, Parliamentary Ukraine Committee
Vice President, NAPP
Ex-Secretary, All-Party Parliamentary Greyhound Group
Member, Parliamentary Racing and Bloodstocks Group
Fellow and Postgraduate Fellow of the Industry and Parliament Trust
Founder, Ex-Chairman and Executive Member, Parliamentary Beer Industries Committee
Member of the Council of Europe and the Western Europoean Union Interim Security and Defence Assembly 2000 -
Vice-President on The Executive Council of The Arboricultural Society 1999 -
Official Rapporteur - Council of Europe - "Kyoto Protocol" 2001 -
Vice Chairman of the Council of Europe Committee - "Sustainable Development" 2002 -
Official Rapporteur - Western European Union - "Petersburg Tasks" 2001 -
POLITICAL BACKGROUND
Ex-Local Authority Deputy Leader
Ex-Researcher for various MP's - B Castle, T Benn, D Skinner, A Booth and John Prescott
Ex-national Employment Development Officer, NACRO
Assistant to Ray Buckton, General Secretary (ASLAF) 1979-1984
Parliamentary and Political Adviser to Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Social Services and Social Security, Michael Meacher MP 1984 - 1987
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