Alistair Strathern

MP since 19 Oct 2023

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Alistair Strathern is the Labour MP for Hitchin, and has been an MP continually since 19 October 2023.

589

Votes Cast

£295,499

Expenses 2024-25

8,109

Majority

43.9%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£295,499

Staffing£247,781
Office£35,937
Accommodation£6,794
Travel£4,816
Other£171

Year-on-Year

2024-25£295,499
2023-24£83,905

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 52,510 voters

Labour
23,067 votes43.9%
Conservative
14,958 votes28.5%
Reform UK
6,760 votes12.9%
Liberal Democrat
4,913 votes9.4%
Green Party
2,631 votes5.0%
Christian Peoples Alliance
181 votes0.3%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

83

Written Questions

19

Oral Questions

137

Debates Spoken In

203

Speeches

494

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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3 NO

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 14 Jul 2026

3 NO

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

3 votes · 1 Jul 2026

4 NO

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

4 votes · 22 Jun 2026

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Financial Interests(1)

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

I hold share options in OakNorth Holdings Limited that are below the threshold for registration. (Registered 17 November 2023)

Registered 17 November 2023

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Alistair in Parliament

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the value of stand-alone batteries in the Warm Homes: Local Grant scheme for homes where solar PV is not

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero8 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling stand alone batteries (without solar PV) to contribute towa

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government8 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for responses to people with PIP enquiries in Hitchin constituency.

Department for Work and Pensions1 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps is he taking to include stand-alone batteries in the Warm Homes: Local Grant scheme.

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero29 May 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to (a) make the pharmacy contract more sustainable and (b) reform the price concession mechanism.

Department of Health and Social Care13 May 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help reduce the average waiting time for a decision from the Housing Ombudsman Service.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government10 Apr 2026

Railways: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the reliability of train services in the East of England.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport19 Mar 2026

Cancer: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the uptake of the Play Well toolkit, as laid out in Action 8 for Children and Young People with

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care18 Mar 2026

Craniocervical Instability: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to develop a national diagnostic and treatment pathway for craniocervical instability.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care2 Feb 2026

Babies: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of the outcomes for children in the critical 1,001 days in (a) areas with Best Start Family Hubs and

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care13 Jan 2026
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