About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Alex Barros-Curtis) represents you, and all of the people who live in Cardiff West, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Cardiff West

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Home Office
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Culture
• Media and Sport
• Women and Equalities
• Department for Transport
• Visas: Digital Technology
• Question
• Child Maintenance Service: Standards
• National Security
• Defending Democracy Taskforce

Currently held offices

• Member, Administration Committee (since 28 Oct 2024)
• Member, Modernisation Committee (since 9 Sep 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Crime and Policing Bill Committee (20 Mar 2025 to 13 May 2025)
• Member, Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (18 Dec 2024 to 30 Jan 2025)
• Member, Justice Committee (21 Oct 2024 to 17 Mar 2025)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Kevin Brennan
• Rhodri Morgan
• Stefan Terlezki
• George Thomas

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (16 out of 16)
• Crime and Policing Bill Committee (14 out of 15)

Recent appearances

• Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme 16 Jun 2025

  I should note for the record that I am proud to serve on the Modernisation Committee, and in my previous role before coming to this place, I gave evidence to Paul Kernaghan. I am listening to the right hon. Gentleman carefully, and I am struggling slightly to understand his argument. I point to what might be the latest version of the constitution of the Conservative party—I cannot be sure...

• Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 13 - Regulation of approved substances and devices for self-administration 13 Jun 2025

  I stand in support of new clauses 20 and 21, along with amendments 89 and 90 and 92 to 95, all of which are in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater). Colleagues need not fear—I will not speak to all of them. I am a proud Welsh MP, and a lot of the debate today has centred on differences or confusion about the distinction on devolution on aspects of the...

• Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 13 - Regulation of approved substances and devices for self-administration 13 Jun 2025

  I will not, because I want to finish up; I appreciate the hon. Member’s forbearance. That constituent was Claire O’Shea. Claire was originally diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome; it was only much later that it was realised she had stage 4 cancer. Within an hour of this House voting to pass this Bill on Second Reading, Claire messaged me to say: “What a powerful debate today. It’s...

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