Mr Douglas Alexander
- Constituency
- Lothian East
- Region
- Scotland
- Member since
- 4 July 2024
This parliament
- Voting participation
- 45%
- Debates contributed to
- 121
- Registered interests
- 23
- Declared value
- £48,369
Record last updated 7 Nov 2026
Mr Douglas Alexander was elected to the current parliament on July 5, 2024, and currently holds the post of Secretary of State for Scotland. He has cast 281 votes from 631 eligible divisions, giving a participation rate of 45% and placing him in the bottom 10% of MPs by voting participation, bottom 10% of Labour (Co-op) MPs by votes cast, and bottom 10% of MPs elected in 2024 by votes cast; low voting participation is conventional for ministers. He has made 588 debate contributions across 121 debates, with his top debate topics being Trade & Industry, Energy & Utilities, and Devolution, while his top voting topics are Parliamentary Procedure, Employment & Workers Rights, and Justice & Law.
Summary generated on 06/11/2026 (View details)
VOTING PARTICIPATION
281 / 631
44.53%
Ranked #595 of 655 MPs (9th percentile)
DEBATE CONTRIBUTIONS
121 / 12881
588 total contributions
Ranked #437 of 655 MPs (33th percentile)
REGISTERED INTERESTS
23
£48,368.75
Ranked #163 of 655 MPs (75th percentile)
PARLIAMENTARY RECORD
The Rt Hon Mr Douglas Alexander is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Lothian East, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Scotland.
Constituencies
- Lothian East Jul 2024 – present
- Paisley and Renfrewshire South May 2005 – Mar 2015 · 2 terms
- Paisley South Nov 1997 – May 2005 · 2 terms
Posts held
- Secretary of State for Scotland Sep 2025 – present
- Minister of State (Cabinet Office) Feb 2025 – Sep 2025
- Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) Jul 2024 – Sep 2025
- Shadow Foreign Secretary Jan 2011 – Mar 2015 · Opposition
- Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Oct 2010 – Jan 2011 · Opposition
- Shadow Secretary of State for International Development May 2010 – Oct 2010 · Opposition
- Secretary of State for International Development Jun 2007 – May 2010
- Secretary of State for Scotland May 2006 – Jun 2007
- Secretary of State for Transport May 2006 – Jun 2007
- Minister of State (Europe) May 2005 – May 2006
- Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Trade) (also Department of Trade and Industry) Sep 2004 – May 2005
- Minister of State (Department of Trade and Industry) (Trade) (also Foreign and Commonwealth Office) Sep 2004 – May 2005
- Minister of State (Cabinet Office) and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Jun 2003 – Sep 2004
- Minister of State (Cabinet Office) May 2002 – Jun 2003
- Minister of State (e-Commerce & Competitiveness) Jun 2001 – May 2002
- Secretary of State for Scotland Unknown – present