Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton Test since 1997. He has been Shadow Minister for Energy Security, previously Green New Deal and Energy, since 2015. He served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions from 2001 to 2002.

Southampton City Council is the local authority of the city of Southampton. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including council tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority. The council uses a leader and cabinet structure. Labour has been in control of the council since 2022.