About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Alistair Strathern) represents you, and all of the people who live in Hitchin, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

What you can do

• Find out more about your MP, including their voting summary and recent speeches.
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• Find out more about Hitchin on the Local Intelligence Hub.

Proffil

Llafur MP ar gyfer Hitchin

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 20 Hydref 2023 — Is-etholiad

Also represented Mid Bedfordshire

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @alistrathern.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Transport
• Department for Education
• Home Office
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• General Practitioners: Mid Bedfordshire
• Sustainable Farming Incentive: Mid Bedfordshire
• Brain: Tumours
• Schools: Mid Bedfordshire
• Rural Payments Agency: Digital Mapping

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Member, Crown Estate Bill [HL] Committee (29 Ion 2025 to 6 Chw 2025)
• Member, Finance Bill Committee (22 Ion 2025 to 30 Ion 2025)
• Member, Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (15 Mai 2024 to 21 Mai 2024)
• Member, Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill ( 8 Mai 2024 to 15 Mai 2024)
• Member, Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee ( 7 Chw 2024 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Member, Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Committee (10 Ion 2024 to 30 Ion 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Ian Stewart
• Shirley Williams
• Martin Maddan
• Nigel Fisher
• Philip Jones
• Seymour Berry
• Arnold Wilson
• Edward Knebworth
• Guy Kindersley
• Robert Cecil
• Alfred Hillier
• Julius Bertram
• George Hudson
• Robert Dimsdale

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Crown Estate Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Committee (7 out of 10)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life 7 Jul 2025

  Given the importance of family hubs, I know the Secretary of State shares my disappointment that neither Central Bedfordshire nor Hertfordshire previously received a single penny of family hub funding. It was vulnerable families in the towns and villages in those areas of my constituency who were paying the price, so I am delighted that we are putting that right today. One of the shortcomings...

• Parental Leave Review 1 Jul 2025

  Having raised with the Minister the need to do more on paternity and kinship leave in particular, I very much welcome today’s statement and the upcoming landmark review. I recently had the pleasure of hosting a number of parents at the Victoria pub in Hitchin to talk about the challenges caused by the current paternity leave framework. It was particularly heartbreaking to hear one man’s...

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Alistair Strathern

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