Member of Parliament
Sir Alan Campbell
Labour MP for Tynemouth
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
At a glanceSir Alan Campbell is a Labour MP for Tynemouth, and has represented the seat for 29 years, 2 months. They currently serve as Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons. They have cast 517 votes in Commons divisions (90% attendance) and tabled 237 written questions.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Sir Alan Campbell did not vote in 58. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
He currently holds the Government post of Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons.
Current roles
- Modernisation Committee Committee · Chair since 9 Sep 2025
- Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons Government post · Office of the Leader of the House of Commons since 5 Sep 2025
- Public Accounts Commission Committee since 5 Sep 2025
- Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee since 5 Sep 2025
- Members Estimate Committee Committee since 5 Sep 2025
- Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority Committee since 5 Sep 2025
- House of Commons Commission Committee since 5 Sep 2025
- Restoration and Renewal Programme Board Committee since 5 Sep 2025
- Tynemouth Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 1 May 1997
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 512 of 512 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 500 of 500 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 498 of 498 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 494 of 494 shared votes
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Adam Thompson
Labour
100.0% · 492 of 492 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.6% · 2 of 308 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.6% · 1 of 161 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 305 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.8% · 3 of 362 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
0.9% · 3 of 328 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Written questions
Hospitals: Patients
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish guidance on the rules for communication between hospitals on individual patient care.
Answer · 12 Mar 2024
NHS England has produced guidance on the rules for communication between hospitals for individual patient care, and it is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/data-and-clinical-record-sharing/
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending universal free school meals across England.
Answer · 22 Nov 2023
The provision of Free School Meals (FSM) to pupils from households who are on low income or out of work is important to the government. Over two million pupils are currently eligible for benefits based FSM. Close to 1.3 million additional infants receive ...
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of extending the eligibility for free school meals on (a) the economy, (b) public health and (c) educational attainment.
Answer · 22 Nov 2023
The provision of Free School Meals (FSM) to pupils from households who are on low income or out of work is important to the government. Over two million pupils are currently eligible for benefits based FSM. Close to 1.3 million additional infants receive ...
Universities: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support students who have not received a degree mark due to strike action by university staff; and if she will take steps to compensate those students affected by the time
Answer · 20 Sep 2023
Unlike some other education sectors where the government has taken part in negotiations with trade unions, universities are autonomous. They are therefore responsible for the pay and pension provision of their staff.The University and College Union (UCU) ...
Tickets: Touting
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to introduce legislation for the uncapped secondary ticketing market.
Answer · 8 Sep 2023
We are committed to supporting fair and transparent ticket pricing and tackling unacceptable behaviour in this market.We have strengthened the law in relation to ticketing information requirements and have introduced a criminal offence of using automated ...
Homes for Ukraine Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making thank you payments to those families who opened their homes to Ukrainians through the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
Answer · 13 Jul 2023
Sponsors receive an optional ‘thank you’ payment of £350 for the first 12 months from the date that a guest first arrived in the UK, and £500 from 12 months thereafter. Further information about thank you payments can be accessed here.
Social Security Benefits: Tribunals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance he has issued on the use of unlicensed doctors in his Department's tribunals.
Answer · 22 Jun 2023
Medical Members principally sit on cases in the Social Entitlement and Health, Education and Social Care (Mental Health) and War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chambers.Members of the Tribunals, who are not judges, are appointed by the Senior Pres...
Civil Servants: Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons the cost of living bonus for civil servants is pro rata.
Answer · 23 Jun 2023
Civil Service pay below the Senior Civil Service is delegated to individual departments to determine, subject to adherence with the Civil Service Pay Remit Guidance which is a cost control document. An Addendum to the 2023/24 Pay Remit Guidance was issued...
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment
It is a pleasure to close this debate, and I thank all hon. and right hon. Members who have contributed this afternoon. One theme in virtually all the speeches, quite rightly, is the way in which we remember the late Sir David Amess, who w…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
Yes, I do. My hon. Friend is absolutely right to mention the particular risks of loud fireworks and, as was raised earlier, the risk of wildfires. As he suggests, we have published a written statement today that announces the launch of a c…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
I certainly will. My hon. Friend makes a point about the fantastic work that churches and church communities do, which I am sure is echoed around the Chamber. They are absolutely central to our wider communities. I thank Linda and everybod…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his consistent attendance at these sessions, for raising these very important matters and for the tone in which he raises them. He should be commended for that, and he asks a serious question. The UK strongly…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
I thank my hon. Friend for raising this matter, because I know it is of interest to other Members who represent areas that have a Reform administration. The Government are providing councils with a record £7.3 billion over the next four ye…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
These are concerning matters, and the hon. Gentleman is right to raise them. I suggest that he seek either a Westminster Hall debate or an Adjournment debate when we return, so that he can go into further detail on an issue that I am sure …
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for raising this matter, and send condolences to Phil Wright’s family following this tragic case. We are investing £3.6 million in suicide prevention as part of England’s first ever men’s health strategy. Bo…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
First, I congratulate the hon. Gentleman—I am sure many of us envy him—on Stockton making the shortlist for town of culture, which is a great tribute to the work taking place there. The Government are of course committed to doing everythin…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
My hon. Friend knows that the Government are committed to building 1.5 million new homes to fix our housing crisis and ensure that everyone has a safe, secure and affordable place to live, but she is absolutely right that infrastructure ne…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
I certainly join the hon. Gentleman in paying tribute to West Yorkshire fire and rescue service. I fear its services will be called on more in future as climate change has further effect. I will take away and raise with Ministers the hon. …
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
The service provided by Capita has been, quite frankly, dreadful. Too many pension scheme members still face unacceptable delays after years of dedicated public service. After this matter was raised in the House on several occasions, the M…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
As the hon. Lady suggests, the next Prime Minister was absolutely central to helping to deliver the Public Office (Accountability) Bill. It is crucial that we got that Bill through this place, and I hope it will see the statute book, but, …
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
My hon. Friend is a great champion for her fantastic constituency, and she highlights a theme of many of our sessions, which is that Reform offers a great deal in order to get elected and then delivers very little when elected. Perhaps bec…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
I join the hon. Lady in congratulating everyone who won an award, and I also congratulate her on not only highlighting this matter but playing such an important role in her constituency in doing so—I pay tribute to her for that. The hon. L…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
My hon. Friend raises an important matter. I commend the McKellen pupils at St Philip Westbrook primary school for their thoughtfulness on these matters. We have been working hard to try to find a long-term solution, including through a na…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
It is very much at the forefront of the Government’s thinking that we want not only to clean up local communities, but to put in their hands the powers to do so. If the right hon. Lady seeks a Backbench Business debate or a Westminster Hal…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
It is unacceptable that people face delays due to medical conditions. We recognise that such delays have knock-on consequences. As I said, the DVLA is working hard to reduce delays and has introduced a new casework system that will improve…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
The hon. Lady raises a really important matter and looks to the legislative route by which we might take for that. I pay tribute to everyone involved with young carers—they do a fantastic and often unrecognised job. If she wants a meeting…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
My hon. Friend will know that the Government have been instrumental in bringing forward advanced industrial rights for working people; it is therefore sad to learn of what is taking place in her constituency. Should she seek a debate on ou…
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his kind invitation—as ever, I will need to check my diary. On a serious point, common ridings are an important tradition, bringing communities together, preserving local history and putting on a specta…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) · HM Treasury 5 Jul 2024 – 5 Sep 2025
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Crime Reduction) · Home Office 5 Oct 2008 – 6 May 2010
- Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) · HM Treasury 5 May 2006 – 5 Oct 2008
- Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) · HM Treasury 10 May 2005 – 5 May 2006
Opposition posts
- Shadow Chief Whip (Commons) · Whips Office (Commons) 9 May 2021 – 30 May 2024
- Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) · Whips Office (Commons) 8 Oct 2010 – 9 May 2021
- Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) · Home Office 12 May 2010 – 8 Oct 2010
Committee memberships
- Committee of Selection 15 Jan 2020 – 25 May 2021
- Committee of Selection 12 Sep 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Armed Forces Bill Committee 19 Dec 2005 – 9 May 2006
- Draft Charities Bill (Joint Committee) 29 Apr 2004 – 15 Sep 2004
- Public Accounts Committee 25 Jul 1997 – 11 May 2001
Previous seats
- Tynemouth · Elected 4 times 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
- Tynemouth · Elected 3 times 1 May 1997 – 6 May 2010
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 3000
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Suite 1:11, North Tyneside Business Centre, 54a Saville Street, North Shields, NE30 1NT
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Sir Alan Campbell, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Sir Alan Campbell?
Sir Alan Campbell is a Member of Parliament representing Tynemouth in the House of Commons. See Sir Alan Campbell's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Sir Alan Campbell represent?
Sir Alan Campbell sits as Labour. See Sir Alan Campbell's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Sir Alan Campbell represent?
Sir Alan Campbell is the Member of Parliament for Tynemouth. See Sir Alan Campbell's official Parliament profile.
How long has Sir Alan Campbell been an MP?
Sir Alan Campbell has served in the House of Commons for 29 years, 2 months. See Sir Alan Campbell's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Sir Alan Campbell?
Sir Alan Campbell has no entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Sir Alan Campbell's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.