Alex Mayer
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| Born | 2 June 1981 |
| Alma mater | • Leeds University • Exeter University |
Alex Mayer is a Labour Party politician who was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard in July 2024.[1] She was formerly the Member of the European Parliament for the East of England, having succeeded Richard Howitt in November 2016.[2]
MP
On 4 July 2024, Mayer won the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard seat from the Conservatives by a margin of 667 votes (1.4%), becoming the area's first female MP. She is the first Labour MP for the area in over 50 years since Labour's Gwilym Roberts won the South Bedfordshire constituency in 1966.
In October 2024, Mayer urged the Government to change the process of Daylight Saving Time, by putting clocks one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time in winter and two hours ahead in summer, in what was described as a "fundamental shake-up of time" that would provide people with an extra hour of daylight for eleven months of the year; Mayer proposed calling the new timezone "Churchill Time" after Sir Winston Churchill, who introduced the same idea during World War Two.[3]
MEP
On 16 November 2016 Alex Mayer posted on Twitter:
- As your MEP I'll work to get the best deal for the region, stand up for progressive values and ensure the Brexiteers don't set the agenda.[4]
In the European Parliament she was Labour's spokesperson for the foreign affairs (16–18) and the economy (18–19) and a member of the US-EU Relations Delegation. She was the international co-ordinator for the Washington DC Statehood campaign.
Mayer lost her East of England seat in the UK/2019 European Parliament elections.
