Alan Mak, MP for Havant
Alan Mak has been an MP since 2015.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office) (Cabinet Office) | 2024 | |
| Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2022 | |
| Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2021 to 2022 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Shadow Economic Secretary (Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Finance Bill | 2024 | |
| Financial Services and Markets Bill | 2022 | |
| Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] | 2022 | |
| Finance (No.2) Bill | 2021 to 2022 | |
| Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill | 2021 | |
| Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Public Accounts Commission | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2015 to 2016 |
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.
Alan Mak has 24 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Italy between 03 September 2026 and 05 September 2026 | 19 Sep 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Alex Davies - £5,000.00 | 8 Sep 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Payments for translated version of my book (no additional hours worked) - Commonwealth Publishing Company Ltd | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of the Pride in Place Leigh Park Neighbourhood Board. This is an ex-officio and unpaid role in my constituency. | 18 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Yan Huo - £20,000.00 | 12 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Ascot Racecourse Limited - £590.00 | 25 Jun 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Writing a book (in personal time) - Icon Books Limited | 21 Jun 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Germany between 09 June 2026 and 12 June 2026 | 19 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK | Association of Marshall Scholars - £1,284.00 | 19 Jun 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Polyseam Limited - £5,000.00 | 19 Jun 2026 |
Show the other 14
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Informa Telecoms & Media Ltd - £3,332.67 | 8 Jun 2026 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in AM Office Ltd | 7 Jun 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid director of AM Office Ltd (Book Publishing) | 7 Jun 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Italy between 17 April 2026 and 19 April 2026 | 29 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Yasin Al-Gailani - £5,000.00 | 28 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Polyseam Limited - £5,000.00 | 28 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Hugh Sloane - £7,500.00 | 8 Nov 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Portugal between 04 September 2025 and 06 September 2025 | 23 Sep 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Yasin Al-Gailani - £5,000.00 | 19 Sep 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo (Charities) Ltd - £864.00 | 15 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Partner (Unsalaried) - Spex Capital Limited | 7 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Bursary Campaign Ambassador for St. Peter’s School, York (registered charity). This is an unpaid role. | 1 Jun 2022 |
| Miscellaneous | Ambassador for The Blossom Awards (non-profit initiative for the British-Chinese community, administered by my partner’s company). This is an unpaid role. | 8 Jan 2020 |
| Miscellaneous | Solicitor, England and Wales (non-practising). | 5 Jun 2015 |
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.
Alan Mak asked 1 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
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.
68 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
Alan Mak represents Havant. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Alan Mak won with 31% of the votes, and Stefanie Harvey (Labour) came second with 31%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Mak | Conservative | 12,986 | 30.8% |
| Stefanie Harvey | Labour | 12,894 | 30.6% |
| John Perry | Reform UK | 9,959 | 23.6% |
| Gayathri Sathyanath | Liberal Democrat | 3,275 | 7.8% |
| Netty Shepherd | Green Party | 2,861 | 6.8% |
| Jennifer Alemanno | Workers Party of Britain | 211 | 0.5% |
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 Alan Mak took part in 207 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Alan Mak voted the same way as their party in 204 of the 205 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 1.
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 | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (1)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct | Diego Garcia military base and the British Indian Ocean Territory: a proposed change | Against | For |
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 96% | 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% | 100% |
| 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