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Desmond Swayne
Conservative MP for New Forest West
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Desmond Swayne voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Correspondence, Territorial Army, Iraq, New Forest, Reserve Forces
(based on written questions asked by Desmond Swayne and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (13 out of 13)
- Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Local Government Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Public Bill Committee: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Clause 3 - Marriage for which no opt-in necessary (5 Mar 2013)
“Keep yours even shorter.”
- Public Bill Committee: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Examination of Witnesses (14 Feb 2013)
“Just two brief questions for the dean. First, with respect to maintaining civil partnerships for same-sex couples, do you not accept that there might be a case where there would be a number of same-sex couples who would accept that the orthodox teaching of their Churches as currently stated is that marriage is not for them? They would therefore accept that civil partnerships are the right...”
- Public Bill Committee: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Examination of Witnesses (14 Feb 2013)
“It was on continuing civil partnerships for those people who would accept the Church’s current teaching on marriage.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 1 debate in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 88.49% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 459 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £12,558 (473rd) | £15,957 (477th) | £20,923 (354th) | £16,632 | £19,695 (joint 320th with 1 other) | £17,134 (410th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £14,960 (360th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £7,654 (616th) | £7,322 (623rd) | £8,601 (629th) | £11,407 | £15,445 (475th) | £18,668 (joint 361st with 1 other) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £19,853 (170th) |
| Staffing costs | £64,335 (627th) | £64,144 (627th) | £56,378 (638th) | £58,953 | £72,128 (252nd) | £71,679 (joint 135th with 1 other) | £70,399 (72nd) | £44,021 (399th) |
| Communications Allowance | £269 (592nd) | £173 (598th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,002 (542nd)1 | £3,461 (536th)2 | £2,910 (559th)3 | £2,926 | £6,340 (486th) | £5,786 (491st) | £9,185 (365th) | £9,669 (234th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £58 (joint 365th with 4 others) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £406 (295th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £710 (161st) | £418 (joint 229th with 2 others) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,686 (558th) | £412 (539th) | £395 (575th) | £157 | £501 (501st) | £434 (joint 550th with 1 other) | £629 (506th) | £664 (joint 480th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,607 (joint 442nd with 1 other) | £1,440 (514th) | £447 | £1,767 (442nd) | £1,896 (433rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,259 (joint 247th with 2 others) | £1,090 (joint 258th with 10 others) | £0 | £1,898 (joint 305th with 4 others) | £1,898 (joint 300th with 4 others) | £1,898 (joint 295th with 4 others) | £1,898 (joint 278th with 4 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £90,273 (639th) | £94,753 (637th) | £91,737 (642nd) | £90,522 | £118,180 (438th) | £117,495 (365th) | £120,067 (169th) | £91,065 (265th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,378 (454th). Rail £1,624 (389th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,372 (480th). Rail £2,089 (345th).