Alan West, Baron West of Spithead
The Lord West of Spithead | |
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Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism | |
| In office 28 June 2007 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Tony McNulty |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Neville-Jones |
| First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff | |
| In office September 2002 – February 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Sir Nigel Essenhigh |
| Succeeded by | Sir Jonathon Band |
| Chancellor of Solent University | |
| In office 28 June 2006 – 1 October 2018 | |
| Deputy | Professor Graham Baldwin |
| Succeeded by | Theo Paphitis |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 9 July 2007 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 April 1948 London, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse |
Rosemary Anne Linington Childs
(m. 1973) |
| Children | 3 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Navy |
| Years | 1965–2006 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | First Sea Lord Commander-in-Chief Fleet Chief of Defence Intelligence COMUKTG Director of Naval Staff Duties HMS Bristol HMS Ardent HMS Yarnton |
| Wars | Falklands War Iraq War |
| Awards | |
Alan William John West, Baron West of Spithead, GCB, DSC, PC (born 21 April 1948) is a retired admiral of the Royal Navy and formerly, from June 2007 to May 2010, a Labour Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the British Home Office with responsibility for security and a security advisor to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Prior to his ministerial appointment, he was First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from 2002 to 2006.