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Sir Desmond Swayne

Conservative MP for New Forest West, since 1 May 1997

The Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne is the Conservative MP for New Forest West, and has been an MP continually since 1 May 1997.

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Scorecard

75.3% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
431 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 2 as teller
142 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
3 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
1476 Debates spoken in 460 written questions tabled

Ranked 267 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to disagree Lords Amendment 49B No 297–168
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to disagree Lords Amendment 43B No vote 304–68
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 32 No 371–98
13 May 2025 Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit: Government amendment No 321–102
13 May 2025 Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit Aye 104–402
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Third Reading No 316–95
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 No 87–404
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 18 Aye 94–315
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 14 Aye 98–402
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 No vote 90–318
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 Aye 97–363
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 Aye 160–294
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 88–287
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 76–295
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines Third Reading No vote 214–3
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 4 Aye 88–226
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 3 Aye 86–222
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 No vote 85–238
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 No vote 95–257
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 No vote 101–258
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 73–255
28 Apr 2025 Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Second Reading No vote 342–70
28 Apr 2025 Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 74–337
25 Apr 2025 Closure motion No vote 12–50
25 Apr 2025 Sit in private No vote 1–73

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (house)
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Ownership details: owned jointly with my wife
Rental income: Yes
(Updated 20 May 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Type of land/property: Residential property (flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Ownership details: owned jointly with my wife
Rental income: Yes
(Updated 20 May 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Name: Moira Swayne
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Principal Secretary
Working pattern: Full time
(Updated 20 May 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

1476 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

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Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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