13 Facts About Alexander Stafford

Alexander Paul Thomas Stafford was born on 19 July 1987 and is a British politician and published historian who served as the Member of Parliament for Rother Valley from 2019 to 2024.

Alexander Stafford was the first Conservative to be elected for the seat.

Alexander Stafford's mother was a magistrate and his father worked for a US technology company.

Alexander Stafford's maternal grandmother was a Polish East German refugee, while his maternal grandfather was a Polish Ukrainian refugee who volunteered to serve in the British Army when the Soviet Union joined the Allies, having previously spent time imprisoned in a Siberian Gulag camp.

Alexander Stafford studied History at St Benet's Hall, Oxford where he served as president of the Oxford University Conservative Association, as president of The Newman Society, and on the executive of the Oxford University Student Union.

Alexander Stafford was elected at the 2019 general election, becoming the first non-Labour MP to represent Rother Valley in the 101-year history of the constituency.

Alexander Stafford was a member of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee and is chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Algeria.

In January 2022, it was announced that Alexander Stafford had been invited to join the Government benches, having been appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Defence.

Alexander Stafford campaigned to leave the European Union during the 2016 referendum.

Alexander Stafford has been an active historian specialising in Byzantine and Late Antiquity.

Alexander Stafford has been published numerous times including in Iain Dale's book Kings and Queens with a chapter on Harold II and more recently in the book Dictators on Attila.

Alexander Stafford held a debate in Parliament on the importance of teaching medieval history in schools.

Whilst an MP, Alexander Stafford lived in Harthill, a village of his constituency, where he lived with his wife Natalie and their daughters Persephone, who was born in April 2020, and Charlotte, who was born in December 2021.