Alan's Re-election Campaign
April 12th 2010 
A quick message from Alan about the next General Election:
This website is to report on my work in Parliament and Southampton on behalf of all the people of Southampton Test.
I will always continue to work hard for you, whether you are a Labour supporter or not.
At the next General Election, I will be standing for re-election, and I hope very much to win your support. If you are interested in supporting my campaign, you can do so by joining my supporters' facebook group; donating to my local campaign; or by emailing my campaign team at campaigns@alan-whitehead.org.uk.
Alan's record, Alan's promises
Alan has lived in Southampton all his adult life- he studied here as a student, and worked as a local Councillor and for two national charities- before being elected as the MP for Southampton Test in 1997.
Alan works on a variety of policy areas in Parliament, but is a particular specialist on fuel poverty, climate change, housing, and local government.
Recently he has had success in Parliament on better regulations for student landlords; on abolishing energy companies’ extra charge on prepay meter customers; and on getting Southampton fast-tracked onto the Building Schools for the Future programme.
He also still works on local campaigns, including improving parking around the General Hospital, protecting the former Civil Service Sports Ground; campaigning for a new community garden in Portswood; and to stop the Conservative Council’s plans to privatise our leisure services and sell-off Southampton’s art collection.
At this election, Alan is making five pledges to the people of Southampton Test:
- To protect the funding for building and renovating schools in Southampton.
- Reduce energy bills through better home insulation programmes.
- Support the NHS through guaranteed cancer tests within 7 days and longer local surgery opening hours.
- Build more affordable and council-built homes in Southampton.
- Expand neighbourhood policing and make sure that local police spend at least 80% of their time out in the local community.
Alan said:
“I’ve lived in Southampton all my adult life. I’m proud to represent our city and I’ll do all I can to make it a better place to live and raise a family.
“There’s a real choice at the next election- support for the economy and public services with Labour, or Tory cuts that would choke off the recovery and make life harder for local people.
“I’ll fight for a fairer, greener future for everyone in Southampton- not just the privileged few.”
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