Heidi Alexander
Labour Party
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Swindon South
MP Since
4 July 2024 (2 years, 2 months)
Role
Secretary of State for Transport
Status
active
Constituency: Swindon South
Heidi Alexander represents Swindon South in the House of Commons, sitting as a Labour Party MP. They have served as the constituency's MP for 2 years, 2 months.
Pay & Expenses
£98,599
basic salary / year
This is the basic MP salary, set by IPSA and paid to all 650 MPs regardless of role. Additional salary for Cabinet, Shadow Cabinet, or committee roles is not yet shown here — those figures require careful verification against primary IPSA and Ministerial Salaries documents before publishing.
£200,496
total expenses claimed, 2024-25
Staffing
£148,366
Office
£21,377
Accommodation
£0
Travel & Other
£30,754
Source: IPSA official expenses data. Covers parliamentary business costs only — staffing, office running costs, accommodation, and travel — not personal spending.
Voting Record (most recent 15)
Source: official Commons Votes API, all divisions since the 2024 general election.
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 85 Aye, 317 No (failed)
Voted No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 144 Aye, 244 No (failed)
Voted No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 135 Aye, 258 No (failed)
Voted No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 143 Aye, 249 No (failed)
Voted No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 77 Aye, 255 No (failed)
Voted No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 151 Aye, 258 No (failed)
Voted No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 162 Aye, 246 No (failed)
Voted No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 262 Aye, 86 No (passed)
Voted Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 155 Aye, 279 No (failed)
Voted No
Railways Bill: Third Reading
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 278 Aye, 149 No (passed)
Voted Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 77 Aye, 271 No (failed)
Voted No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 167 Aye, 266 No (failed)
Voted No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12
9 Jun 2026 · Result: 94 Aye, 297 No (failed)
Voted No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4
9 Jun 2026 · Result: 157 Aye, 287 No (failed)
Voted No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20
9 Jun 2026 · Result: 90 Aye, 290 No (failed)
Voted No
Recent Coverage (20)
Stories mentioning Heidi Alexandertracked across NewsDeck's sources
Military jet sparked UK airport chaos after flooding 'spurious' flight data into air traffic control system
A flight plan submitted by a UK military aircraft triggered a chain of technical failures that brought Britain’s air traffic network to a st…
GB News·11 Sept· View coverage →
IN FULL: How Every MP Voted as Assisted Dying Bill Falls
Voted Aye LAB 190LIB 52CON 17GRN 5PC 3IND 2 1 Luke Akehurst North Durham LAB 2 Sadik Al-Hassan North Somerset LAB 3 Dan Aldridge Weston-supe…
Guido Fawkes·11 Sept· View coverage →
Sadiq Khan tourist tax row erupts as Cabinet minister says it could fund London public transport
Heidi Alexander says using millions raised from the new levy to improve public transport in the capital would be ‘reasonable’
Evening Standard·11 Sept· View coverage →
Air traffic control boss given ultimatum over travel chaos as organisation warned against ‘marking own homework’
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has issued an ultimatum to the National Air Traffic Services (Nats) boss after travel chaos spread acros…
GB News·11 Sept· View coverage →
MPs to vote again on assisted dying as bill returns to parliament – UK politics live
Bill would allow terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to end their lives, after the approval of a panel of experts
Transp…
The Guardian·11 Sept· View coverage →
Hundreds of thousands of Britons may NOT receive compensation despite hours of air travel delays
Hundreds of thousands of Britons may not receive compensation if their flights were hit in Tuesday's and Wednesday's air travel chaos.
Nats,…
GB News·10 Sept· View coverage →
Transport Secretary does not believe air traffic control issue was ‘unavoidable’
Heidi Alexander told MPs that safety must remain air traffic controllers’ ‘over-riding priority’.
Evening Standard·9 Sept· View coverage →
Air traffic failure was avoidable, says Transport Secretary
Heidi Alexander order an investigation into a glitch that has caused more than 2,000 flight cancellations.
BBC Business·9 Sept· View coverage →
Transport Secretary does not believe air traffic control issue was ‘unavoidable’
Heidi Alexander told MPs that safety must remain air traffic controllers’ ‘over-riding priority’.
Evening Standard·9 Sept· View coverage →
Transport Secretary does not believe air traffic control issue was ‘unavoidable’
Heidi Alexander told MPs that safety must remain air traffic controllers’ ‘over-riding priority’.
Evening Standard·9 Sept· View coverage →
Nats boss summoned by UK transport secretary as flight chaos enters second day
Martin Rolfe, who faces pressure to resign, due to brief Heidi Alexander after cancellations hit 1,300
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The …
Guardian World·9 Sept· View coverage →
Lewes train derailment latest: Major disruption on commuter lines as emergency services attend incident
Transport secretary Heidi Alexander says she is ‘deeply concerned’ over the derailment in between Haywards Heath and Lewes in Sussex
The Independent·13 Aug· View coverage →
Labour urged to maintain electric car sales targets or risk 'billions of pounds of investment'
The electric car industry has called on the Government to take urgent action to ensure the transition away from petrol and diesel vehicles r…
GB News·10 Aug· View coverage →
Gatwick Airport expansion moves one step closer as second runway challenge fails
The £2.2 billion expansion was approved by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander in September 2025
The Independent·4 Aug· View coverage →
Gatwick Airport expansion moves one step closer as second runway challenge fails
The £2.2 billion expansion was approved by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander in September 2025
The Independent·4 Aug· View coverage →
Driving licence rule changes confirmed with thousands of motorists impacted
New driving licence rules have been introduced to support tens of thousands of motorists across the UK.
Labour has confirmed that it has off…
GB News·29 Jul· View coverage →
'Not good enough!' Labour minister skewered by GB News host over 'disgraceful' lack of apology from Shabana Mahmood
Labour's Transport Secretary has been grilled by GB News host Alex Armstrong over the "disgraceful" lack of apology from Home Secretary Shab…
GB News·22 Jul· View coverage →
Council rakes in staggering £24,000 in parking fines from just one street
A council in the South West has raked in more than £24,000 in parking fines from one street alone.
St. Stephen's Road in Bournemouth regular…
GB News·22 Jul· View coverage →
One of Britain's biggest theme parks limits queue jumps for those with ADHD and autism to clamp down on 'disabled' people cutting in line
One of Britain's biggest family theme parks has clamped down on queue-jump passes used by customers with ADHD and anxiety.
Drayton Manor Re…
GB News·14 Jul· View coverage →
Britons 'could die in 12-hour queues at border' thanks to EU's hated new system
British tourists could die in 12-hour long queues in Kent this summer unless the EU halts its contentious new border system, an MP has warne…
GB News·13 Jul· View coverage →