Alan Amos

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.

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.

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. He was elected for Labour to the Millwall ward of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 2002, serving as councillor for four years before losing the seat to the Conservatives in 2006. He returned to local politics in May 2008 with his election to the Warndon ward of Worcester City Council.

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* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3958990,00.html Guardian Interview with Alan Amos]