Alan Beith MP Berwick-upon-Tweed, Liberal Democrat

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Most spoken phrases

Last updated 3rd Jun 2009

1. Israeli settlements
2. Northcote Road shops
3. Dangerous dogs petition
4. Clapham Junction tube
5. Heathrow expansion
6. Health services
7. Fly tipping

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Biography

• Born:

  20/4/1943

• Positions

  Chief Whip, Liberal Party 1976-87; Member House of Commons Commission 1979-97; Liberal Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs 1985-87; Alliance Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs 1987; Liberal Spokesperson for Treasury 1987; SLD Spokesperson for Treasury 1988-89; Liberal Democrat: Treasury Spokesperson 1989-94, Home Affairs Spokesperson 1994-95; Member, Intelligence and Security Committee 1994-2008; Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for: Police, Prison and Security Matters 1995-97, Home and Legal Affairs (Home Affairs) 1997-99; Contested Speaker election 2000; Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Cabinet Office 2001-02; Member: Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 2001-10; Deputy chairman Review Committee of Privy Counsellors of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2002-04; Contested Speaker election 2009.

• House of Commons Select Committees

  Justice; Liaison; Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy.

• Electoral history

  Contested Berwick-upon-Tweed 1970 general election. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed 8 November 1973 by-election to 2010, for Berwick-upon-Tweed (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election .

• Political interests

  Parliamentary and constitutional affairs, architectural and artistic heritage.

• Party groups

  Deputy Leader: Liberal Party 1985-88, Liberal Democrat Party 1993-2003.

• Countries of interest

  Canada, Scandinavia, Zimbabwe.

Election record for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 05 Jun 2010

Registered interests

Overseas visits: 24-27 September 2008, to Oslo and Stavanger, Norway, with members of the All-Party British-Norwegian Group, as a guest of the Norwegian Government who met the costs of the visit. (Registered 8 October 2008) 4-8 May 2009, to Finland, to meet Finnish Members of Parliament for discussions on issues affecting both countries and the Finnish prison service relating to the training of prison officers. My accommodation, hospitality and local travel within Finland was provided by the Finnish Parliament. (My travel to Finland was funded under the House of Commons European Travel scheme.) (Registered 11 May 2009)

Sponsorship or financial or material support: My constituency party received the profit from an event held in the constituency in June 2008 to commemorate my 35 years as an MP. (Registered 11 February 2009)

Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests: Chairman of the Historic Chapels Trust.

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