At a glanceHeidi Alexander is a Labour MP for Swindon South, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They currently serve as Secretary of State for Transport. They have cast 361 votes in Commons divisions (63% attendance), tabled 168 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Heidi Alexander did not vote in 214. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
She currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Transport.
Current roles
- Secretary of State for Transport Government post · Department for Transport since 29 Nov 2024
- Swindon South Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 6 May 2010
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 357 of 357 shared votes
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 357 of 357 shared votes
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Chris Vince
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 354 of 354 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 351 of 351 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 349 of 349 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 161 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.5% · 1 of 220 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
0.8% · 2 of 259 shared votes
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Saqib Bhatti
Conservative
0.8% · 2 of 259 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.8% · 2 of 252 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- Panattoni UK Developments Limited - £412.00 (registered 9 Jul 2026)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)1
- Property in Swindon (registered 26 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Crime Prevention: Glasgow
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Police Scotland’s violence reduction unit in Glasgow, and whether she has plans to replicate the work of that unit in England.
Answer · 3 Apr 2018
We have not made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Violence Reduction Unit in Scotland. We will shortly be publishing our new Serious Violence Strategy which will respond to concerns about serious violence especially recent increases in knife crim...
Labour Mobility
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the Prime Ministers speech of 2 March 2018 on the UK’s future economic partnership with the EU, what the definition is of self-employed professionals in relation to future la
Answer · 15 Mar 2018
Freedom of movement is ending but there will continue to be migration and mobility between the UK and the EU after the UK leaves. The Prime Minister has made it clear that the Government is open to discussing with the EU how to facilitate the valuable lin...
EU Institutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 2 March 2018 on the UK’s future economic partnership with the EU, whether the list of pan-European regulatory agencies to which the UK will be s
Answer · 13 Mar 2018
As the Prime Minister said in her speech in Mansion House on 2 March 2018, we will want to explore with the EU the terms on which we could remain part of EU agencies such as those that are critical for the chemicals, medicines and aerospace industries: th...
Southeastern: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Rail Accident Investigations Branch will be involved in the independent investigation into the response of Southeastern Trains and Network Rail to the self-evacuation of passengers on trains outside
Answer · 12 Mar 2018
The Rail Accident Investigations Branch (RAIB) are aware of the incident at Lewisham and the understandable public concern related to it. This has led to them to start what they refer to as a “preliminary examination” into the event. They are currently ga...
Railway Stations: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the oral contribution of 5 February 2018, Official Report, column 1248 on railway station accessibility, when he plans to make a decision on the funding to be allocated to station accessibility impr
Answer · 20 Feb 2018
As set out in the Statement of Funds Available, we expect around £47.9bn to be spent on the railway between 2019 and 2024, with up to £34.7bn to be provided directly via Government grant. This will include funding to improve accessibility across the netwo...
Support for Mortgage Interest
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have applied to convert Support for Mortgage Interest payments into a loan.
Answer · 2 Feb 2018
All existing support for mortgage interest claimants will be contacted and offered the new support for mortgage interest loan, there is no need for them to apply. A managed transfer process is underway, with all existing recipients of support for mortgage...
Sexually Transmitted Infections: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there is a requirement for online sellers of testing kits for sexually transmitted infections to be registered with the Care Quality Commission.
Answer · 31 Jan 2018
There is no requirement for online sellers of testing kits for sexually transmitted infections to be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) unless the provider is registered with the CQC as a primary care service.
Sexually Transmitted Infections: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what duties online sexually transmitted infection testing services have to follow best practice in respect of safeguarding and child protection issues.
Answer · 30 Jan 2018
Online sexually transmitted infection services are not offered to under 16s who would be advised to attend their local clinic where a proper safeguarding assessment can be undertaken in person.
Early day motions
| 11 Jul 2011 | DELIVERY OF ADULT SOCIAL CARE | 38 sig. |
| 13 Jan 2011 | NATIONAL HOUSING FEDERATION AND BREAKING THE MOULD PROJECT | 36 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
The Rail Minister often tells me that the art of answering questions on transport is to have all the detail at your fingertips. I must disappoint the hon. Gentleman, as I do not have the specific answer he seeks, but I promise him that I w…
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I appreciate the importance of affordability to the travelling public, and I understand the desire of the hon. Gentleman’s constituents to see lower fares. We are rolling out pay-as-you-go ticketing to make journeys frictionless in the sou…
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I am obviously sorry to hear about the disruption to businesses in my hon. Friend’s constituency. Let me take this issue away for her and talk to the Mayor of the West Midlands and all relevant parties to ascertain whether anything can be …
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
As I said in answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Camborne and Redruth (Perran Moon), we are planning to begin procurement for enhanced wi-fi across the rail network later this year. That will include LNER, because in the spending revie…
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
As I said earlier, publicly owned operators are performing better, on average, when it comes to reliability and cancellations. On the particular issue with the Fen line that the hon. Gentleman raises on behalf of his constituents, I will s…
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I would be happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss this issue. One of the key things that we are trying to do is improve public transport nodes, so I would be interested to discuss this matter with him further.
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I am very grateful to my hon. Friend and her Committee for their interest in personal safety on the transport network, especially that of women and girls. We have an ambitious, evidence-based programme to tackle VAWG on the transport netwo…
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
When we are investing in the accessibility of stations in the future, we need to get maximum benefit for the travelling public. I hope to have future discussions about future rounds of the Access for All scheme—improvements are being rolle…
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
My hon. Friend will know that we are spending £280 million on improving station accessibility during this spending review. I will seek to find new opportunities to fund further work on stations as part of future spending discussions, and I…
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
HS2 will deliver significant benefits for Scotland. Subject to future timetable and operational development, HS2 will aim to maintain the frequency of services to Scotland, increase the number of available seats for Anglo-Scot journeys an…
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I am not sure that notes from sitting Secretaries of State to their successors necessarily work out all that well, as the Prime Minister said from this Dispatch Box yesterday. Let me finish where I started with the right hon. Lady’s questi…
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I agree. While I do not expect much from Reform-led administrations, I would at least expect them not to work squarely against the interests of local people in the way that my hon. Friend describes. I urge the county council to see sense a…
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I would be happy to ask the Minister for Road Safety to discuss this matter further with my hon. Friend and ensure appropriate meetings take place.
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
We are not imposing anything on anyone, as the right hon. Gentleman well knows. He says that the introduction of 20 mph zones is causing havoc. I would point out that, in many areas, they save lives. We know that somebody who is hit by a c…
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I do agree with my hon. Friend. Performance on Avanti West Coast has not been good enough, and I am acutely aware that this part of the network—still privately run—has seen reliability below the industry average, with cancellations going i…
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I would like to remind the House of how we are improving everyday journeys across the country, starting with our railways. Last month, the new Cambridge South station opened to passengers following £250 million of Government funding to bet…
16 Jul 2026 Transport Decarbonisation
What we will not do is make the same mistakes as the right hon. Gentleman’s party made in government. When the former Prime Minister cancelled the 2030 phase-out date for the sale of new pure diesel and petrol vehicles, demand plummeted. W…
16 Jul 2026 Transport Decarbonisation
I look repeatedly at data produced by both the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and the Department for Transport about purchases of new vehicles. In June, nearly 30% of vehicle sales were electric—a significant increase on the ye…
16 Jul 2026 Transport Decarbonisation
I am delighted to hear of the hon. Gentleman’s enthusiasm for decarbonisation. He is right to support the excellent Wrightbus, which manufactures electric buses in Northern Ireland. Through the bus expert manufacturing panel, which is chai…
16 Jul 2026 Transport Decarbonisation
Mr Speaker, I think the point my hon. Friend is making is that if we want a sustainable transport network, the more people we can attract from their cars on to trains, the better. I appreciate how important good connectivity is for all tho…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Minister of State (Ministry of Justice) · Ministry of Justice 8 Jul 2024 – 28 Nov 2024
Opposition posts
- Shadow Secretary of State for Health · Department of Health 14 Sep 2015 – 26 Jun 2016
- Opposition Whip (Commons) · Whips Office (Commons) 19 Mar 2013 – 14 Sep 2015
Committee memberships
- Health and Social Care Committee 31 Oct 2016 – 3 May 2017
- Regulatory Reform 26 Jul 2010 – 30 Mar 2015
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee 12 Jul 2010 – 26 Nov 2012
Previous seats
- Lewisham East · Elected 3 times 6 May 2010 – 9 May 2018
Expenses
Contact & offices
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Heidi Alexander, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Heidi Alexander?
Heidi Alexander is a Member of Parliament representing Swindon South in the House of Commons. See Heidi Alexander's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Heidi Alexander represent?
Heidi Alexander sits as Labour. See Heidi Alexander's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Heidi Alexander represent?
Heidi Alexander is the Member of Parliament for Swindon South. See Heidi Alexander's official Parliament profile.
How long has Heidi Alexander been an MP?
Heidi Alexander has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Heidi Alexander's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Heidi Alexander?
Heidi Alexander has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Heidi Alexander's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.