Alan Campbell (politician)
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The Right Honourable Alan Campbell MP |
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office | |
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In office 5 October 2008 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Vernon Coaker |
| Succeeded by | Lynne Featherstone |
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Member of Parliament for Tynemouth |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Neville Trotter |
| Majority | 5,739 (10.9%) |
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8 July 1957 Consett, County Durham, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Jayne Lamont |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University, University of Leeds, Northumbria University |
| Website | parliament..alan-campbell |
Alan Campbell (born 8 July 1957) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tynemouth since 1997. He served as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from 2008 until 2010, when the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats came to power. He is currently the Deputy Chief Whip of the Labour Party.
Alan Campbell was born and bred in Consett and went to the Blackfyne Grammar School (in the year above the actress Denise Welch) on Durham Road (A691), Blackhill in the town before attending the University of Lancaster where he was awarded a BA in Politics. He then gained a PGCE at the University of Leeds, before finishing his education at the Newcastle Polytechnic with a MA in [1]. He began his career as a history teacher at Whitley Bay High School in 1981, after eight years there he became the Head of the Sixth Form at the Hirst High School on Lichfield Close in Ashington, then head of department, where he remained until he was elected to the British House of Commons.
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