Swindon Town, football governance and me: A conversation with Heidi Alexander MP
30.10.24, 12:39 Updated 05.06.25, 20:06 14 Minute Read
Sam Morshead
Football, Heidi Alexander says, is part of the fabric of her family.
The Swindon South MP’s father, Malcolm, is still a season-ticket holder at the County Ground. As a teenager, she stood on the Stratton Bank. And a visit to the 2022 playoff semi-final first leg against Port Vale played a considerable role in her decision to stand for parliament in this year’s general election.
“I sat in the County Ground and I thought ‘I want to come home’,” she says. At the time, Alexander was London deputy mayor for transport, having previously spent eight years representing the people of Lewisham in the House of Commons.
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Sam Morshead is the founder and editor of The Moonraker. He was previously the chief sports writer at the Swindon Advertiser, head of sport at Total Swindon, and has been a Swindon Town fan since 1994.