Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell, MP for Tynemouth
Alan Campbell has been an MP since 1997. Currently: Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons; Modernisation Committee; Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority; House of Commons Commission.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Office of the Leader of the House of Commons) | 2025 to now | Now |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Crime Reduction) (Home Office) | 2008 to 2010 | |
| Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2006 to 2008 | |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2005 to 2006 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Chief Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2010 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) (Home Office) | 2010 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Modernisation Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
| Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | 2025 to now | Now |
| House of Commons Commission | 2025 to now | Now |
| Members Estimate Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
| Restoration and Renewal Client Board | 2025 to now | Now |
| Restoration and Renewal Programme Board | 2025 to now | Now |
| Public Accounts Commission | 2025 to now | Now |
| Committee of Selection | 2020 to 2021 |
Show the other 4
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Committee of Selection | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Armed Forces Bill Committee | 2005 to 2006 | |
| Draft Charities Bill (Joint Committee) | 2004 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 1997 to 2001 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
No interests are currently registered for Alan Campbell.
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Alan Campbell has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
69 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Alan Campbell represents Tynemouth. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Alan Campbell won with 51% of the votes, and Lewis Bartoli (Conservative) came second with 19%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Campbell | Labour | 24,491 | 50.6% |
| Lewis Bartoli | Conservative | 9,036 | 18.7% |
| Rosie Elliott | Reform UK | 7,392 | 15.3% |
| Chloe-Louise Reilly | Green Party | 3,592 | 7.4% |
| John Appleby | Liberal Democrat | 2,709 | 5.6% |
| Mustaque Rahman | Independent | 531 | 1.1% |
| Kelly Oliver Dougall | Party of Women | 286 | 0.6% |
| Christopher Greener | Independent | 273 | 0.6% |
| Adam Thewlis | Heritage Party | 108 | 0.2% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Alan Campbell took part in 228 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Alan Campbell voted the same way as their party in 226 of the 226 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this