Alan Campbell (born 8 July 1957) British politician. He is the Labour Member of Parliament for Tynemouth, and serves as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office.
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 gai...
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Alan Campbell (born 8 July 1957) British politician. He is the Labour Member of Parliament for Tynemouth, and serves as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office.
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 History. He began his career as a 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.
He contested the Conservative-held marginal constituency of Tynemouth at the 1997 general election where he defeated Martin Callanan by 11,273...
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