Sir Joseph Alan Meale was born on 31 July 1949 and is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Mansfield from 1987 to 2017.
12 Facts About Alan Meale
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Alan Meale entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 and made his maiden speech on 3 July 1987 in the Tourism debate where he commented on the poverty, lack of provision, opportunity and services in the Mansfield community.
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Alan Meale was a whip from 1992 to 1994 when he became Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Prescott in Prescott's different portfolios until 1998.
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Alan Meale served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions under John Prescott from January 1998 to January 1999.
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Alan Meale became a government whip Council of Europe Delegation in 2007 and acting Leader of the UK Delegation in 2010.
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Alan Meale has been the chair of the British Section of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Cyprus Group since 2007.
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Alan Meale denied cronyism, whilst Kleanthos insisted he had not donated to the Labour party and said it was "a bit racist" to link his business interests to Greek-Cypriot political lobbying efforts based on his ethnicity.
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Alan Meale was Vice Chair of the APPG for Cyprus, and was regarded by Greek Cypriot groups as one of their "oldest and closest friends in Parliament".
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Alan Meale was one of sixteen MPs to sign an early day motion tabled by Conservative MP David Tredinnick regretting the British Medical Association's opposition to further National Health Service funding of homoeopathy.
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Alan Meale lost his seat at the 2017 general election when Ben Bradley overturned a 2015 Labour majority of 5,315 to become the first ever Conservative MP for the seat.
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Alan Meale married Diana Gilhespy on 10 March 1983, his second wife; he has a son and daughter from his first marriage in 1970.
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Alan Meale was knighted by Prince Charles officiating at the ceremony in January, 2012, after the 2011 Birthday Honours list was announced, chosen for his "public and political service".