The Right Honourable Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst (born June 23, 1937) is the Britishmember of Parliament for Saffron Walden for the Conservative Party. He is a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, and consequently a member of the Privy Council. June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Saffron Walden is a small market town in the district of Uttlesford in Essex, England, 12 miles North of Bishops Stortford, and about 15 miles South of Cambridge. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a countrys lower house of parliament or congress (ie: the House of Commons or House of Representatives). ... This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. ...
He is seen as a 'wet', and is a supporter of Ken Clarke. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970, and has remained there since, except for an interlude from 1974 to 1977. This article is about Kenneth Clarke the politician, not Kenneth Clark the art historian. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ...
External links
Sir Alan Haselhurst (http://www.siralanhaselhurst.net/) official site
Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Alan Haselhurst MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-2284,00.html)
TheyWorkForYou.com - Alan Haselhurst MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/alan_haselhurst/saffron_walden)
AlanHaselhurst was born in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire and was educated at the King Edward VI School, Birmingham, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire, and Oriel College, Oxford.
He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1970 General Election for the Lancashire seat of Middleton and Prestwich, defeating the Labour MP Denis Coe by 1,042 votes.
Haselhurst lost the seat at the February 1974 General Election to Labour's Jim Callaghan by just 517 votes.
ALANHASELHURST, Deputy Speaker, House of Commons (United Kingdom), premising that the agenda had already been agreed upon and that it would be difficult to deal with questions additional to those already on the agenda, stated that he, as other presidents, could not subscribe to common documents or stances.
ALANHASELHURST, Deputy Speaker House of Commons (United Kingdom), stated his agreement as regards the postponement of discussions on the death penalty.
ALANHASELHURST, Deputy Speaker House of Commons, (United Kingdom), objected that the issue in question could not be dealt with in the framework of the conference of the presidents of the European parliaments as it would represent a dangerous precedent.
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