Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead (born 15 September 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton Test since 1997.
He went to Isleworth Grammar School and then studied Politics and Philosophy at the University of Southampton, was President of Southampton University Students' Union and holds a PhD in Political Science. From 1979–82 he was Director of OUTSET, then from 1983–92 he worked for BIIT, being Director, both being charities. Before becoming an MP, Dr Whitehead was the Leader of Southampton City Council from 1984 to 1992 and a Professor of Public Policy at Southampton Institute. His name is mentioned by lead singer of Led Zeppelin in a bootleg recording from Southampton University on 22 January 1973. He asks the crowd "who's that geezer whose name is on the bog wall?" to which the crowd reply "Alan Whitehead". The song "Whole Lotta Love" at that performance is dedicated to him.
Whitehead divorced from local Southampton City Councillor Wyn Jeffery, and shortly afterwards remarried to Sophie Wronska in 1979, and they have a son and daughter. He is a member of the Saints Trust and plays in the UK parliamentary football team. After looking at the possibility of being the first MP to install a wind turbine installed on his constituency home roof in Highfield, Southampton, Whitehead installed a number of solar panels that were integrated into the roof. During the summer months, Whitehead says he sells electricity from this source back to the national grid.
Alan John Whitehead (born 3 September 1951) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City.
Whitehead was born in the Bordesley Green district of Birmingham. When he left school in 1967, he joined Birmingham City as an apprentice, and turned professional two years later. As a junior he played on the wing, but became most comfortable in central defence. He made his first-team debut in the Anglo-Italian Tournament in 1971, and played his part in Birmingham's promotion to the First Division in the 1971–72 season. Having made his Football League debut on 22 April 1972 in a 1–1 draw at home to Middlesbrough, he stood in for the injured Stan Harland in the last two games of that season, both away from home, both of which Birmingham needed to – and did – win. He played only once in the top flight, and joined KV Mechelen in 1974.
Whitehead's brother Clive was also a professional footballer who had a long Football League career with clubs including Bristol City and West Bromwich Albion.
Alan Geoffrey Thomas Whitehead, born at Butleigh, Somerset on 28 October 1940, is a former first-class cricketer and umpire.
Whitehead played 38 first-class matches for Somerset as a slow left-arm bowler and left-handed tail-end batsman between 1957 and 1961. He took 67 first-class wickets at 34.41 with a best of 6 for 74. His batting was negligible, and his highest first-class score was just 15.
He made his debut as a 16-year-old in two end-of-season friendly first-class matches against Sussex in August 1957; in the second of these matches, he played alongside John McMahon, Somerset's incumbent left-arm spinner, who was then sacked by the county at the end of the season. In 1958, he played in only three matches and failed to take a wicket, Eric Bryant being preferred as the left-arm spin option to bowl alongside off-spinner Brian Langford.
The 1959 season was Whitehead's most successful in first-class cricket. He played in more than half of Somerset's matches, and took 44 first-class wickets. These included three returns of five or more wickets in an innings, the best of which was six wickets for 74 against a Sussex total of 378 for eight declared at Eastbourne, with centuries for Test batsmen Alan Oakman and Ted Dexter. Later in the same month of July 1959, he took five for 33 in the first innings against Northamptonshire at Taunton and followed that with three for 57 off 41 overs in the second innings after Somerset enforced the follow-on.
Alan Whitehead (born 1950) is a British Member of Parliament.
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Alan Whitehead (born 20 November 1956) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 350 appearances in the Football League playing as a central defender for Bury, Brentford, Scunthorpe United, York City, Wigan Athletic, and Halifax Town.
Whitehead was born in Bury. He began his football career with non-League club Darwen before being given his Football League debut for his hometown club Bury F.C. by Bob Stokoe while still an amateur, playing at centre forward against Preston on Boxing day 1977 in front of 26,000. He played five games altogether whilst still at college including a League Cup tie against Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest. He went on to play more than 100 times for the club in all competitions including scoring the winning goal in the fourth round of the F.A.Cup against Burnley. This goal gave the Shakers a plum 5th round tie at Anfield. In 1981 he moved on to Brentford for a club record fee of £78,000 and was their Players' Player of the Year in 1981–82. In early 1984 he joined Scunthorpe United again for a club record fee of £27,000. Scunthorpe became the third consecutive club for which he made more than 100 appearances, and he was chosen as their Player of the Season for 1985–86. He left them for York City in late 1986, spending 18 months with the club, including a spell on loan at Wigan Athletic, where he played in a Division 3 first leg play-off at Ayresome Park. He then joined Halifax Town, but his career with that club was disrupted by injury, his contract was cancelled by mutual consent, and he returned to York City as a member of the coaching staff.
Alan Whitehead is a British musician and businessman. He started his career in the music industry in 1966 as the drummer for Crispian St. Peters, but is best known as a member of Marmalade, whose most successful single in the UK was a cover version of the Paul McCartney song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. In 1969 Marmalade were signed to Decca Records and their next song Reflections of My Life became a number 10 hit in the USA. Whitehead left the band in 1978 and set up his own management company, negotiating his first production contract with EMI Records. Groups that he successfully managed were Lipps Inc., Mel and Kim, Modern Romance and Rikki Peebles. He later went on to manage all girl groups Amazulu and Belle Stars.
He currently runs Chubby Lama Management with Sasi Langford representing singer/songwriter Linzi Gold and Indie Rock band Shoot the Preacher who won The Global Song Writing Competition. He has also managed strip clubs.