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Mr Douglas Alexander

Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP

Labour (Co-op) · Lothian East · EH41 4LQ

Key facts

Party Labour (Co-op) (Lab)
ConstituencyLothian East
First elected4 July 2024
ResultLab Gain
GenderM
Emaildouglas.alexander.mp@parliament.uk
Websitehttps://douglasalexandermp.com

Election results

Results for Lothian East at the most recent general election.

Douglas Alexander
Labour 23555 49.0%
Lyn Jardine
Scottish National Party 10290 21.4%
Scott Hamilton
Conservative 5535 11.5%
Robert Davies
Reform UK 3039 6.3%
Duncan Dunlop
Liberal Democrat 2649 5.5%
Shona McIntosh
Scottish Green Party 2477 5.1%
George Kerevan
Alba Party 557 1.2%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Secretary of State for Scotland 5 September 2025 Present
Minister of State (Cabinet Office) 10 February 2025 5 September 2025
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) 6 July 2024 5 September 2025
Secretary of State for International Development 28 June 2007 6 May 2010
Secretary of State for Transport 5 May 2006 28 June 2007
Secretary of State for Scotland 5 May 2006 28 June 2007
Minister of State (Europe) 10 May 2005 5 May 2006
Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Trade) (also Department of Trade and Industry) 9 September 2004 10 May 2005
Minister of State (Department of Trade and Industry) (Trade) (also Foreign and Commonwealth Office) 9 September 2004 10 May 2005
Minister of State (Cabinet Office) and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 13 June 2003 9 September 2004
Minister of State (Cabinet Office) 30 May 2002 13 June 2003
Minister of State (e-Commerce & Competitiveness) 11 June 2001 29 May 2002

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Foreign Secretary 20 January 2011 30 March 2015
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 8 October 2010 20 January 2011
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development 12 May 2010 8 October 2010

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Lothian East Present
Paisley and Renfrewshire South Present
Paisley South Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour 6 November 1997 Present