Disclosed is an alkaline storage battery electrode which provides an improved volume ratio of active material to the electrode and realizes a high output battery by reducing the reaction resistance of the battery. The battery electrode also serves to prevent the active material from dropping off when the electrode is wound or stacked in layers and to provide an elongated service life to the battery. The battery electrode is constructed such that an electrically conductive core member (17) acts as a charge collector; the core member (17) is provided with a plurality of generally rectangular through holes (18) along straight lines that are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the core member (17); and for each linear column of through holes (18), the through holes (18) are shifted in the longitudinal direction of the core member (17). Here, the amount of displacement by which the through holes (18) are shifted to be arrayed is defined so that the amount of displacement between the columns of through holes (18) in the direction of width of the core member (17) is less than half the sum of the size of the through hole (18) and the spacing between the through holes (18) in the longitudinal direction of the core member (17).