UK Parliament · member 55
Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne MP
- Party
- Conservative — Conservative and Unionist Party
- Constituency
- New Forest West
- Member for this seat since
- 1 May 1997
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Sir Desmond Swayne, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Land and property (within or outside the UK)
- Residential in London
- Residential in London
Family members employed
- Moira Swayne employed
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 435 recorded divisions where Sir Desmond Swayne and at least one other Conservative member were recorded voting, Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way as most voting Conservative members 435 times (100.0%).
This compares Sir Desmond Swayne with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £7,328 across 22 claim lines; 2024-25: £129,825 across 42 claim lines; 2023-24: £115,188 across 54 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 18 | £4,705 |
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 4 | £2,623 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 2 | £115,190 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 22 | £9,181 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 14 | £3,658 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 3 | £1,752 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 1 | £44 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 10 | £104,620 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 27 | £4,942 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 12 | £3,935 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 4 | £1,615 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 1 | £76 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2023 | Staffing · Payroll | Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2022-23 year — Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2022-23 year | £99,552 | Paid |
| 20 July 2022 | Accommodation · Hotel - London | Parliament Sitting [***] [***] | £96 | Paid |
| 24 October 2014 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | Oct office — Cellhire blackberry and calls | £96 | Paid |
| 25 October 2015 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | Office Oct 15 — Cellhire Blackberry calls | £96 | Paid |
| 24 December 2015 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | Office Nov 15 -JaN 16 — Cellhire Blackberry | £95 | Paid |
| 7 May 2023 | Accommodation · Hotel - London | Parliament Sitting: [***] (@50%) | £95 | Paid |
| 31 March 2018 | Travel · Aggregated Travel Costs | Aggregated figure for travel during 2017-18 — Aggregated figure for travel during 2017-18 | £948 | Paid |
| 17 January 2026 | Accommodation · Hotel - London | Parliamentary: early School Visit on 19/1 | £94 | Paid |
| 31 March 2022 | Staffing · Payroll | Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2021-22 year — Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2021-22 year | £93,231 | Paid |
| 25 April 2011 | Office Costs · Telephone/Mobile Hire | april (plus) office costs — Cellhire Blackberry service | £93 | Paid |
| 24 August 2010 | Office Costs · Telephone/Mobile Hire | Jun/July/Aug office Expenses — Cellhire 1/7-1/8 (@85%) | £91 | Paid |
| 15 May 2019 | Office Costs · Software & applications | PRU PART 1 2019-2020 | £900 | Paid |
| 6 April 2018 | Office Costs · Professional Services: Direct | PRU — PRU Subscription | £900 | Paid |
| 30 June 2017 | Office Costs · Computer SW Purchase | PRU — Cross reference software | £900 | Paid |
| 21 April 2016 | Office Costs · Computer SW Purchase | PRU — Cross reference software | £900 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.