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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
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Desmond Swayne voted on key issues since 2001:
- 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 a mixture of for and against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
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- Hardly ever 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
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Local Government Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
- Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Eurozone Crisis (3 Nov 2011)
“Given the interpretation that was placed on his words by the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), will the Financial Secretary confirm that this has nothing to do with a two-speed Europe, and that whatever the speed at which the eurozone hurtles towards fiscal integration, we will not be following it at any speed at all?”
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill: Schedule 1 — Civil legal services (31 Oct 2011)
“That is the third time that my hon. Friend has referred to human rights. It is as if he was deliberately rubbing salt into the wounds. Members would prefer it, certainly those on the Conservative Benches, if money was available for medical negligence cases, rather than for human rights cases.”
- Petitions: Dismissal of Ian Faletto, Lymington Stationmaster (5 Jul 2011)
“The excellent and award-winning stationmaster of Lymington was sacked for removing a shopping trolley from the line before a train could collide with it. The vicar of Pennington collected 8,400 signatures and sought to deliver them to South West Trains, but in an act of shocking discourtesy to the travelling public, the company refused to take them. It is therefore my privilege to present to...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 5 written questions in the last year — 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 85.11% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 5 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).