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Alex McIntyre · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
660days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
406
of 504 possible
Attendance
81%
98 absent / paired
Whip alignment
97%
vs party majority
Speeches
260
75 debates
Written Qs
109
109 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£194k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 135 claims
Interests
1
1 category
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 87 | |
| Taxation | 78 | |
| Employment | 47 | |
| Crime & Policing | 44 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 29 | |
| Education | 29 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 26 | |
| Pensions | 23 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 19 | 3,242 |
| Crime | 24 | 3,059 |
| Fiscal Policy | 9 | 2,312 |
| Education | 7 | 2,183 |
| Health | 10 | 2,168 |
| Labour Market | 10 | 1,643 |
| Social Care | 13 | 1,628 |
| Local Government | 7 | 859 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jul 2025 | Motion to sit in privateA motion was proposed to hold the parliamentary session in private (behind closed doors), excluding the public and press. This was overwhelm… | Rebelled | Aye |
| 06 Dec 2024 | Motion to sit in privateA motion was put forward to hold the parliamentary session in private (i.e., excluding the public and press). This was overwhelmingly reject… | Rebelled | Aye |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third ReadingMPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dyin… | Free vote | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Seventh sitting)Will my hon. Friend give way on that point? Crime | 9 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Seventh sitting)I too am pleased that the Government have decided to uncap sitting days, but does my hon. Friend recognise that although the physical capacity might be there, there are capacity is… Crime | 91 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Eighth sitting)Another good thing we can do in Committee is try to clarify the Conservative party’s position. Is the hon. Member’s position now that the almost 40% cuts to legal aid during the la… CrimeSocial Care | 46 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Seventh sitting)Will my hon. Friend give way on that point? Crime | 9 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Seventh sitting)I remember the discussion the shadow Minister spoke about; we discussed MPs swapping political constituencies at the same time. The Institute for Government was very clear that the… Crime | 48 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Seventh sitting)I do not recognise my hon. Friend’s assertion that the workforce is there and ready and raring to go. Even the Bar Council’s own evidence suggests that the number of silks doing pu… Crime | 91 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Seventh sitting) Crime | 0 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Seventh sitting)I will keep my contribution brief. I want to speak in support of new clause 29, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Erdington. It is clear that Government Members ac… Crime | 179 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fifth sitting)For the sake of clarity for the whole Committee, is it not also true that quarter-on-quarter data generally shows a decrease in backlog between Q3 and Q4 in most years for which we… Crime | 92 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fifth sitting)As the shadow Minister has the backlog data to hand—I do not—would he mind sharing with the Committee the data for all the other regions and the overall backlog picture for the who… Crime | 34 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for giving possibly the longest wind-up in the history of wind-ups. I have two questions for him. First, does he recognise that both examples of retrospecti… CrimeFiscal Policy | 60 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)It is refreshing to hear a Conservative Member defending the European convention on human rights. Can he confirm whether it is now the Conservative party’s position to support the … CrimeFiscal Policy | 42 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)The Minister has been really clear in her response. This morning, the shadow Minister was extolling some intellectually coherent arguments that the Conservative party has now disco… CrimeFiscal Policy | 39 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)I am sure that we are all looking forward to a rather long afternoon listening to the hon. Member’s speech. Does he agree that this is also about the victims, some of whom the Comm… CrimeFiscal Policy | 130 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fourth sitting)The hon. Member is giving a rather elongated speech this afternoon, which we are all enjoying. On the subject of the Criminal Bar Association, I seem to recall it rallying against … CrimeEconomy Jobs | 100 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 29 | 26.6% |
| Department for Education | 17 | 15.6% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 14 | 12.8% |
| Home Office | 11 | 10.1% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 9 | 8.3% |
| Department for Transport | 7 | 6.4% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 5 | 4.6% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 4 | 3.7% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help reduce water bills in Gloucester constituency. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps she has taken to support grassroots Rugby in Gloucester constituency. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of secondary schools in Gloucester constituency. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what improvements have been made to ambulance response times in Gloucester constituency between 2024 and 2025. | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to help tackle homelessness among veterans in Gloucester constituency. | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made on delivering specialist mental health provision in every school in Gloucester by 2029. | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle dog attacks in Gloucester constituency. | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to get young people into work in Gloucester constituency. | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the uptake of diabetes checks in Gloucester constituency. | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Diabetes One Stop Shop pilots in Cornwall and Sheffield; and whether these pilots are scalable. | Answered |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve community health services in Gloucester constituency. | Answered |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Millions more appointments as more than 2,000 extra GPs recruited, published on 24 July 2025, how many additional GP appoint… | Answered |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support independent high street businesses in Gloucester constituency. | Answered |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help improve teacher retention rates in Gloucester constituency. | Answered |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to end the use of the Ibis Hotel in Gloucester constituency as accommodation for asylum seekers. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health and Social Care CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 17 Mar 2025 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 97 | 29,391 | 15.2% |
| Accommodation | 19 | 15,731 | 8.1% |
| Staffing | 11 | 137,699 | 71.1% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 6,469 | 3.3% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 4,367 | 2.3% |
| Dependant Travel | 0 | 101 | 0.1% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 6 | 10,637 |
| Training - staff | Staffing | 10 | 8,643 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 11 | 6,874 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 4 | 5,033 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 7 | 3,900 |
| Moving Fees | Office Costs | 1 | 3,480 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 44 | 3,039 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 3,000 |
| Service charge & ground Rent | Office Costs | 3 | 2,940 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 1 | 2,098 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 3 | 1,645 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 6 | 1,157 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2025 | Office Costs Business rates | Repayment of Business Rate Claims 60280292:5 | 0 | Repaid |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Office Costs Business rates | Repayment of Business Rate Claims 60274139:1 | 0 | Repaid |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Office Costs Business rates | Repayment of Business Rate Claims 60286304:3 | 0 | Repaid |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Office Costs Business rates | Repayment of Business Rate Claims 60268694:2 | 0 | Repaid |
| 21 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 218 | Paid |
| 17 Apr 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Electricity | 23 | Paid |
| 02 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | Constituency office cleaning March 2025 [200011797-369] | 104 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -863 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -2,770 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 3,000 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories | 113 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories | 99 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 6 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Electricity | 46 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet | 10 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 218 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Service charge & ground Rent | Service Charge, [***] [***] 25.03.25 - 23.06.25 [200011799-22] | 122 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,300 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | [***] Cleaning Feb 2025 | 104 | Paid |
| 03 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet | 30 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
16 Aug 2024
Non-practising solicitor (regulated by the Solicitor's Regulatory Authority).
(Registered 3 August 2024)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 15 wards, 31 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeydale | Andrew Gravells | Conservative and Unionist Party | 806 | 02 May 2024 |
| Abbeydale | Louise Ann Walker | Conservative and Unionist Party | 572 | 02 May 2024 |
| Abbeymead | Kate Hyland | Conservative and Unionist Party | 523 | 02 May 2024 |
| Abbeymead | Laura Brooker | Conservative and Unionist Party | 712 | 02 May 2024 |
| Barnwood | Ashley James Bowkett | Liberal Democrats | 752 | 02 May 2024 |
| Barnwood | Joshua Luke Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 598 | 02 May 2024 |
| Barton Tredworth | Roseanna Louise Marshall | Labour Party | 753 | 02 May 2024 |
| Barton Tredworth | Sajid Patel | Conservative and Unionist Party | 846 | 02 May 2024 |
| Barton Tredworth | Usman Gani Bhaimia | Liberal Democrats | 763 | 02 May 2024 |
| Coney Hill | Tracy Sharon Millard | Labour Party | 252 | 02 May 2024 |
| Grange | Andrew Bell | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 458 | 02 May 2024 |
| Grange | Sylvia Evans | Conservative and Unionist Party | 552 | 02 May 2024 |
| Hucclecote | Alwin Ferenc Wiederhold | Liberal Democrats | 1,134 | 02 May 2024 |
| Hucclecote | Declan Michael Hilary Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 1,174 | 02 May 2024 |
| Kingsholm Wotton | Angela Margaret Conder | Liberal Democrats | 764 | 02 May 2024 |
| Kingsholm Wotton | Jeremy Eric Hilton | Liberal Democrats | 840 | 02 May 2024 |
| Kingsway | John Jones | Labour Party | 530 | 02 May 2024 |
| Kingsway | Karen Louise James | Labour Party | 557 | 02 May 2024 |
| Moreland | Terry Pullen | Labour Party | 1,008 | 02 May 2024 |
| Moreland | Tree Chambers-Dubus | Labour Party | 967 | 02 May 2024 |
| Moreland | Valerie Simms | Labour Party | 926 | 02 May 2024 |
| Podsmead | Sebastian Richard Field | Liberal Democrats | 386 | 02 May 2024 |
| Quedgeley Fieldcourt | Stephanie Chambers | Conservative and Unionist Party | 629 | 02 May 2024 |
| Quedgeley Fieldcourt | Victoria Jane Miller | Conservative and Unionist Party | 527 | 02 May 2024 |
| Quedgeley Severn Vale | Andy Lewis | Conservative and Unionist Party | 417 | 02 May 2024 |
| Quedgeley Severn Vale | Liam John Harries | Liberal Democrats | 562 | 02 May 2024 |
| Tuffley | Caroline Catherine Courtney | Liberal Democrats | 562 | 02 May 2024 |
| Tuffley | Lorraine Joan Campbell | Conservative and Unionist Party | 512 | 02 May 2024 |
| Westgate | Howard Hyman | Liberal Democrats | 623 | 02 May 2024 |
| Westgate | Pam Tracey | Conservative and Unionist Party | 649 | 02 May 2024 |
| Westgate | Rebecca Jane Trimnell | Liberal Democrats | 809 | 02 May 2024 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 129,829 | Electorate 79,475 (2024) |
| Median age | 38 | years |
| Degree-educated | 27.8% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 84.9% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 63.9% | households |
| Private-rented | 21.7% | households |
| Social-rented | 14.3% | households |
| Employment rate | 62.0% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.