Alan Whitehead

Alan Whitehead has been Labour MP for Southampton Test since 1997.

Activities

Commons vote for fracking moratorium

In January 2015 Whitehead was one of seven members of the influential House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee who voted for a moratorium on fracking for shale gas in January 2015. Most Labour MPs abstained.

Select Committees

As of November 2010 Whitehead was a member of the following Select Committees:

• Energy and Climate Change Select Committee
• Standards and Privileges Committee
• Environmental Audit Committee

APPGs

Whitehead is also:

• Chair of the Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group
• Co-Chair of the Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resources Group
• Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poland.

Biography

Whitehead has a degree in Politics and Philosophy from Southampton University and a PhD in Political Science.

In 1980 Whitehead became a City Councillor and then Leader of the Council when Labour took control in 1984. He worked in research for two national charities during the 1980s and early 90s, and in 1992, came off the City Council and became Professor of Public Policy at Southampton Institute. He was first nominated by the Labour Party to stand for Southampton Test in the early 1980s, made solid progress in the seat in 1987 and 1992, and finally won in 1997.

As a new Labour MP, he was appointed to the Select Committee on Environment Transport and the Regions and in December 1999 was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Baroness Blackstone, Minister for Higher and Post-16 Education. Between June 2001 and May 2002 he was Under Secretary of State in the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, responsible for local government, the regions and the Fire Service.

Affiliations

• Fellow of the Institute of Waste Management
• board member The Environment Centre (Southampton)
• Third Age Centre (Southampton).

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