Question: Facts: - party: labour - spouse: diana gilhespy - predecessor: don concannon - office: member of parliament for mansfield - term start: 11 june 1987 - birth date: 31 july 1949 - name: sir alan meale - nationality: english - website: -lsb- http://www.alanmeale.co.uk www.alanmeale.co.uk -rsb- - majority: 6,012 -lrb- 12.4 % -rrb- - birth place: bishop auckland , county durham , england - alma mater: sheffield Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alan meale .
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sir joseph alan meale -lrb- born 31 july 1949 -rrb- is a british labour party politician who has been the member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for mansfield since 1987 .