Alan Meale's CV
| Consituency Profile | Nottinghamshire (Mining, Textiles and Brewing). | |
| Party | Labour | |
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1987 GENERAL ELECTION
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| Majority | 56 (smallest majority in Parliament at that election) | |
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1992 GENERAL ELECTION
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| 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) | |
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1997 GENERAL ELECTION
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| 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 |
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| Previous Occupations | Author, Editor, Development Officer, Trade Union Official, Researcher, Political Adviser and Journalist | |
| Address |
Work: House of Commons, London, SW1A
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POLITICAL CAREER
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| 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 - | ||
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POLITICAL BACKGROUND
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| 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 | ||