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article said that
Britain's Greek-Cypriot lobbying groups had paid for Meale and his wife to go to Cyprus and donated thousands of pounds to Labour. 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
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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. Meale was a whip from 1992 to 1994 when he became
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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". According to Meale, he first became interested in the political situation in Cyprus back in 1987 when
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Jacqueline
Collins, acting returning officer at the Mansfield count, took to the stage to announce the result - and declared Labour candidate Sir Alan Meale had been elected. Except he wasn't the winner - Conservative candidate Ben Bradley
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Delegation in 2007 and acting Leader of the UK Delegation in 2010. He has been the chair of the
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Meale's website lists his previous occupations as author, editor, development officer, trade union official, researcher, political adviser and journalist.
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Meale married Diana
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having claimed £13,000 over four years for gardening. The limit set retrospectively by
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was £1,000 /year. The Legg Report showed that Meale repaid £11,859.47.
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Greek-Cypriot political lobbying efforts based on his ethnicity.
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the
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officiating at the ceremony in
January, 2012, after the
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Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
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Meale served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
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Meale lost his seat at the 2017 general election when
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accused Meale of "cronyism" following allegations in
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649:"British-Cyprus All-Party Parliamentary Group"
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336:, Meale campaigned to remain in the EU.
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785:Tredinnick, David (29 June 2010).
510:"House of Commons debates:Tourism"
470:"Alan Meale MP – personal website"
107:11 June 1987 – 3 May 2017
48:6 May 1997 – 29 July 1999
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512:. theyworkforyou.com. 3 July 1987
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220:(born 31 July 1949) is a former
535:"BBC Democracy Live:Alan Meale"
274:Parliamentary Private Secretary
346:Parliamentary expenses scandal
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761:"Review of past ACA payments"
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1008:People from Bishop Auckland
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344:Meale was mentioned in the
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904:. London. 11 June 2011
419:2011 Birthday Honours
218:Sir Joseph Alan Meale
974:Record in Parliament
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356:Alternative medicine
314:Barnet football club
267:Parliamentary career
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447:on 30 November 2005
206:www.alanmeale.co.uk
883:The London Gazette
793:on 22 October 2010
565:"PACE Member File"
310:Anthony Kleanthous
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399:returning officer
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712:BBC News
627:Archived
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