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Alex Mayer.

Labour Party MP for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard.

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Commons votes
549/575
95% attendance · top 1% of MPs
Party alignment
100%
votes with party majority
Speeches
496
across 149 debates · 19,146 words
Written Qs
693
669 answered · 24 pending
Dispatch
29 Jun 2026

Labour Party MP in Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled territory.

One rebel vote defines Mayer's otherwise loyal record: in June 2025 she backed an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill that would have allowed a further doctor referral if an independent assessor died or fell ill before completing their report — a technical safeguard, but one her party majority rejected. That single deviation points to a broader pattern confirmed by the data: she sits 42 percentage points above her Labour colleagues on assisted dying access votes, the largest gap in her profile. More recently she has voted with the government on a package of climate measures — bringing international aviation and shipping within statutory carbon budgets, setting a new carbon budget, and capping carbon credit use — as well as backing the 50% steel import tariff on 24 June 2026.

At 96% participation and 99.8% party alignment, Mayer is a high-attendance, high-loyalty MP. Her stance scores reveal the texture of that loyalty: she votes in line with Labour on fiscal responsibility and progressive taxation, but scores just 3% on parliamentary scrutiny and 0% on Lords scrutiny — both well below even her party's average — suggesting she rarely backs measures that would strengthen oversight of the executive. Her 95 contributions span economy and jobs, local government, transport, and environment, which broadly matches her seat on the Transport Committee.

The local news picture adds colour. She secured a banking hub for Dunstable after raising it with a minister in her first month — the clearest example of constituency casework translating into a tangible result. She has also engaged publicly on land use, children's services, and BBC licence fee enforcement. Coverage across 62 articles over 90 days is largely neutral in tone, with crime stories carrying the most positive sentiment. Data on Westminster voting goes back to her election in July 2024.

Background

Alex Mayer is the Labour MP for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

§ 01Voting record.549 divisions · most recent 1 Jul 2026

By issue — what do they vote on most?

Top eight by total divisions voted, this parliament. Volume measures engagement, not direction — see Notable Votes for free-vote moments and rebellions.

Taxation100
Economy93
Employment52
Crime & Policing47
Education42
Constitution and Democracy32
Welfare and Benefits30
Pensions25

Source · The Public Whip · Hansard

Notable votes — free votes & rebellions.

Moments where the whip was free, or where Mayer broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.

DateBill / motionVoteWhip
20 Jun 2025Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12Yes
Freevs party
§ 02Speeches.496 contributions · 149 debates · 19,146 words

Words spoken, by topic.

Local Government10,347
Economy & Jobs10,081
Transport9,607
Environment6,317
Housing4,213
Culture Community3,907
Education2,537
Lab avg / MP All-MP avgper topic, words per MP

Source · Hansard

Recent contributions.

18 Jun 2026

Cruelty-free Cleaning Products

Advocates accelerated transition to 100% cruelty-free cleaning products on the parliamentary estate and proposes engaging with international certification bodies to speed progress.

87 words·Read
15 Jun 2026

Road Adoption

Residents face unacceptable delays in road adoption (ten years in some cases) and resulting failures in maintenance; minister should pressure councils to expedite the process.

88 words·Read
2 Jun 2026

Community Pharmacies

Backs Pharmacy First but criticises naming; proposes rebranding to 'NHS+' with mandatory shopfront signage; highlights public awareness gap and need for national campaign to commun

940 words·Read
5 Mar 2026

World Book Day

Local schools and communities are working hard to support reading despite systemic underfunding; white working-class pupils in central Bedfordshire have the lowest reading outcomes

982 words·Read
Showing 4 of 496·All 496 speeches
§ 03Committees & roles.1 current appointment

Current memberships.

Select, joint and other committees Mayer currently sits on. Committee work is where much of the line-by-line scrutiny of bills and departments happens, away from the chamber.

CommitteeRoleType
Transport CommitteeMemberSelect

Source · UK Parliament Committees API

What this means.

Committee member

Committee seats are where backbenchers shape legislation and hold departments to account. Mayer sits on one.

§ 04Written questions.693 tabled · 669 answered · 18 Jul 2024 → 13 Jul 2026

Top departments asked.

DepartmentQsShare
Department for Transport25436.7%
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs12417.9%
Department of Health and Social Care507.2%
Home Office446.3%
Department for Business and Trade405.8%
Department for Education314.5%
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government304.3%
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology294.2%

Most recent.

13 Jul 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Pending

Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the recent heatwave in UK waters on marine species and habitats.

Awaiting answer.

13 Jul 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Pending

Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the potential impact of high ocean temperatures on marine biodiversity in UK waters.

Awaiting answer.

13 Jul 2026·Department for Business and Trade·Pending

What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of enforcement powers to remove unsafe infant products from online marketplaces.

Awaiting answer.

13 Jul 2026·Ministry of Justice·Pending

Whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of strengthening guidance for courts and probation services on the link between animal cruelty and domestic abuse.

Awaiting answer.

Showing 4 of 693·All 693 written questions
§ 05Register & expenses.3 declared interests · £200k claimed FY 24_25

Register of interests.

Duolingo
11 May 2026
Type of land/property: Residential property
Type of land/property: Residential property Number of properties: 3 Location: Ipswich, Cambridge and Somerset Rental income: Yes (Regist…
Unpaid Director, Restitute CIC.
Unpaid Director, Restitute CIC. (Registered 17 July 2024)

Source · Members API · Last amended 3 Jun 2026

IPSA expenses.

Category£Share
Staffing152,40776.3%
Office Costs24,21512.1%
Accommodation20,54810.3%
Staff Travel1,3060.7%
MP Travel1,2760.6%
Total · 144 claims199,752100%
Showing 5 of 144·All 144 IPSA claims

Source · IPSA · FY 24_25

§ 06This week in Westminster.Order paper · refreshed daily

Nothing tabled for Mayer on the published Order Paper this week.

§ 07Electoral history.1 contest · 2024, 2024
YearConstituencyVotesShareResult
2024Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard14,97632.5%Won

2024 — full result, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard.

CandidateVotes%
Alex MayerWONLab14,97632.5

Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
DivisionsHansard
The Public Whip
Updated 16 Jul 2026
SpeechesHansard · 19,146 words
13 Nov 2024 → 14 Jul 2026
Written QsMembers API
693 tabled · 669 answered
CommitteesCommittees API
1 current
RegisterMembers API
3 entries
ExpensesIPSA
£199,752 · FY 24_25
Order paperUK Parliament
Refreshed daily
ElectionsElectoral Commission
DCLEAPIL