Mr Douglas Alexander

The Rt Hon Mr Douglas Alexander is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Lothian East, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently holds the Government post of Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade).

Registered Interests

The Register of Members’ Financial Interests is updated fortnightly online when the House is sitting, and less frequently at other times. Interests remain in the Register for twelve months after the interest has ended.

The interests set out below are those included in the most recently published version of the Register. All versions of the Register can be found here.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

  • Name of donor: David John Claydon
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 29 July 2024)
  • Name of donor: Angus James Laing
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 29 July 2024)
  • Name of donor: Nikos Makris
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 29 July 2024)
  • Name of donor: John Boyle
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 29 July 2024)
  • Name of donor: David Michael Easton
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 29 July 2024)
  • Name of donor: Ashur Nissan
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 29 July 2024)
  • Name of donor: Jeffrey M Orenstein
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 29 July 2024)
  • Name of donor: Alastair Ryan
    Address of donor: private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 29 July 2024)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

  • Name of donor: Cambridge University Centre for Geopolitics
    Address of donor: Fitzwilliam House, 32 Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1QY
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £224.76 travel expenses for attending a conference
    Date received: 11 December 2023
    Date accepted: 11 December 2023
    Donor status: other (University)
    (Registered 29 July 2024)
  • Name of donor: Cambridge University Centre for Geopolitics
    Address of donor: Fitzwilliam House, 32 Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1QY
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £132.99 travel expenses for attending a conference
    Date received: 13 May 2024
    Date accepted: 13 May 2024
    Donor status: other (University)
    (Registered 29 July 2024)

4. Visits outside the UK

  • Name of donor: Global Leaders in Law
    Address of donor: 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1AG
    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): £2,500 travel allowance (£500.00) and hotel accommodation, estimate of probable value (£2000).
    Destination of visit: Italy
    Dates of visit: 16 April 2024 to 18 April 2024
    Purpose of visit: Conference
    (Registered 29 July 2024)

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

  • Type of land/property: Residential property
    Number of properties: 1
    Location: East Lothian
    Ownership details: Co-owned with my wife
    (Registered 29 July 2024)
  • Type of land/property: Residential property
    Number of properties: 1
    Location: Argyll
    Ownership details: Co-owned with sibling
    (Registered 29 July 2024)

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

  • Name of company or organisation: Consequitur Limited
    Nature of business: Management consultancy activities on matters other than financial management
    Interest held: until 18 July 2024
    (Registered 29 July 2024)

8. Miscellaneous

  • General Counsel Assessor and Member of the University Court
    Date interest ended: 18 July 2024
    (Registered 29 July 2024; updated 17 August 2024)
  • Trustee of Royal United Services Institute.
    Date interest ended: 18 July 2024
    (Registered 29 July 2024)
  • European Council of Foreign Relations - Council Member
    Date interest ended: 18 July 2024
    (Registered 29 July 2024)
  • Consequitur Limited - Board member
    Date interest ended: 18 July 2024
    (Registered 29 July 2024)
  • Sunnylands Global Health, Food and Agriculture Advisory Committee.
    Date interest ended: 20 July 2024
    (Registered 29 July 2024)
  • The Ditchley Foundation - Governor
    (Registered 29 July 2024)