Alan Whitehead

Alan Whitehead
Official portrait, 2017
Shadow Minister for Energy Security[a]
In office 8 October 2016 – 4 July 2024
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Himself
In office 18 September 2015 – 28 June 2016
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Jonathan Reynolds
Succeeded by	Himself
Shadow Minister for Waste and Recycling
In office 14 January 2020 – 9 April 2020
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Sandy Martin
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
In office 11 June 2001 – 28 May 2002
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Member of Parliament for Southampton Test
In office 1 May 1997 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	James Hill
Succeeded by	Satvir Kaur
Personal details
Born	(1950-09-15) 15 September 1950 (age 74) Isleworth, Middlesex, England
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Southampton
Website	Official website
Academic background
Thesis	Petitions, Parliament and the public: an analysis of the changing nature of corruption, 1868–1883 (1976)

Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead (born 15 September 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton Test from 1997 to 2024. He served as Shadow Minister for Energy Security,^[1] previously Green New Deal and Energy, from 2015 to 2024. He served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions from 2001 to 2002.^[2]

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