Alan Thomas Amos (born 10 November 1952) is a British Labour politician, and former Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Hexham in Northumberland between 1987 and 1992. November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and is the second oldest extant political party in the world. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Hexham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Northumberland is a county in northern England. ...

In Parliament, Amos was known for his right wing views, e.g. he believed rapists and muggers should be flogged. Shortly before the 1992 general election he was cautioned by police after an alleged indecency incident on Hampstead Heath and he did not fight his seat at the election. Hampstead Heath (locally known as The Heath) is a public open space in the north of London. ...

After seeking, but failing, to be readopted as a local councillor in the London Borough of Enfield, where he had been previously been Deputy Leader of the Council, he joined the Labour Party in 1994, giving an exculpatory interview to The Spectator magazine, and in the 2001 general election fought the Hitchin and Harpenden constituency for Labour, coming second to the Conservatives' Peter Lilley. From 2002 he was a Labour councillor in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets until losing his Millwall seat at the 2006 local elections, which caused general rejoicing in his ward. The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London. ... Cover of the Nov 12, 2005 issue of The Spectator magazine. ... Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... Hitchin and Harpenden is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Right Honourable Peter Bruce Lilley (born August 23, 1943, Hayes, Kent) is a British MP. He currently represents the constituency of Hitchin and Harpenden and, prior to boundary changes, represented St Albans which was its predecessor seat. ... The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames in East London. ... Millwall Docks Millwall is an area in London, on the western side of the Isle of Dogs, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... Local government elections took place in England (only) on Thursday May 4, 2006. ...

External links

• Guardian Interview with Alan Amos