Alex Easton MP: votes, interests and costs
Alex Easton represents North Down in the House of Commons for Independent.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no government or opposition post and no select committee membership for Alex Easton (read 15 October 2026).
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests API returned no entries for Alex Easton when read on 27 October 2026.
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £124,002 for Alex Easton in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £29,032 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £124,001.56 |
| Office costs: spent | £29,031.68 |
| Accommodation: spent | £2,055.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £35,131.73 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: North Down CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Administrative Officer ×2 (permanent full time), Researcher (permanent full time), Administrative Officer (permanent full time), Administrative Officer (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Alex Easton is recorded voting in 284 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 39 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 20 October 2026 Alex Easton voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading No; Programme Motion No |
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Aye; New Clause 7 Aye; Amendment 32 Aye; Amendment 51 Aye; New Clause 21 Aye; Amendment 47 Aye; Amendment 4 Aye; Amendment 52 Aye; Amendment 23 Aye |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading: No |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 No; Amendment 1 Aye; New Clause 25 Aye |
| 11 September 2026 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading: No |
| 8 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 143 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 142 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 140 Aye |
| 23 June 2026 to 7 July 2026 | Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Aye; Puberty blockers Aye |
| 23 June 2026 | Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment: No |
| 23 June 2026 | Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness: Aye |
| 17 June 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion: No |
| 16 June 2026 | Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 Aye; New Clause 14 Aye; New Clause 13 Aye |
| 9 June 2026 | Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Aye; New Clause 12 Aye |
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 246 written questions from Alex Easton since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Defence, Northern Ireland Office and 3 other departments.
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the quality and availability of palliative and end of life care with international best practice; and what steps he plans to take to ensure th …
Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for (a) brain cancer, (b) breast cancer, (c) lung cancer, (d) bowel cancer and (e) prostate cancer research since 2018, what amount and what percentage of reported public research expenditure consi …
Falkland Islands: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of strength and readiness of UK military forces stationed in and around the Falkland Islands; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure sufficient …
Parades Commission Independent Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the independent review into the Parades Commission will examine all determinations made by the Commission, not solely the 2026 Drumcree determination; and whether the review will consider procedu …
Evelyn Collins
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Professor Evelyn Collins CBE as Chair of the Parades Commission.
Prison Officers: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to repeal the provisions of section 127 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 relating to industrial action by prison officers in England and Wa …
Prison Officers: Strikes
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Minister of Justice on the right to take industrial action for prison officers in Northern Ireland.
Animal Feed: Birds of Prey and Reptiles
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has held recent discussions with the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums on alternative feed sources for captive birds of …
InterTrade UK: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much public funding has been provided to InterTradeIreland in each financial year since 2020; from which departmental budget that funding has been allocated; and what the stated purpose of that funding is.
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the monetary value of trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom in each year since 2020; and if she will provide a breakdown of that trade by moveme …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 a0364ae77b47. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Alex Easton.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 7,305 for Alex Easton in North Down in July 2024, from 20,913 votes on a turnout of 58.6%. Result as published: Ind gain from APNI.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · North Down figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.