About Danny Alexander

My home is in Aviemore, about half an hour south of Inverness, the Highland capital and just a short distance from the Cairngorm Mountains.

Being MP for a Highland constituency involves a lot of traveling, both to and from London and within the constituency itself. Most weeks, I need to be in London during the week returning late at night on Thursday. That leaves me Friday and the weekend to fit in a busy round of local events, meetings and advice surgeries all over the area.

When Parliament is not sitting I am able to spend real time at home, and I try to get out and about as much as possible to make the most of it. I represent communities from Fort Augustus at the western end of Loch Ness, to Auldearn, east of Nairn, and from the Drumochter Pass to the Beauly Firth, so there is never a shortage of things to do!

I am fortunate to enjoy the work I do, and I have always had a particular interest in many of the issues I come across on a daily basis in the constituency – especially housing, transport for rural communities and protecting our environment. At Westminster, and in my work as a Minister, I am working to put Highland values of fairness and responsibility at the heart of Government policy for the whole UK.