Rt Hon Heidi Alexander, MP for Swindon South
Heidi Alexander has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Secretary of State for Transport.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Transport (Department for Transport) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Minister of State (Ministry of Justice) (Ministry of Justice) | 2024 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health (Department of Health) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2013 to 2015 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Regulatory Reform | 2010 to 2015 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2010 to 2012 |
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Heidi Alexander has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | LTA Operations Limited - £1,480.00 | 23 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Panattoni UK Developments Limited - £412.00 | 9 Jul 2026 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in Swindon | 26 Jul 2024 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Heidi Alexander has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
36 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Heidi Alexander represents Swindon South. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Heidi Alexander won with 48% of the votes, and Robert Buckland (Conservative) came second with 27%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidi Alexander | Labour | 21,676 | 48.4% |
| Robert Buckland | Conservative | 12,070 | 26.9% |
| Catherine Kosidowski | Reform UK | 6,194 | 13.8% |
| Roderick Hebden | Green Party | 2,539 | 5.7% |
| Matthew McCabe | Liberal Democrat | 1,843 | 4.1% |
| Martin Costello | Independent | 472 | 1.1% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Heidi Alexander took part in 171 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Heidi Alexander voted the same way as their party in 169 of the 169 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this