About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Desmond Swayne) represents you, and all of the people who live in New Forest West, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Proffil

Ceidwadwyr MP ar gyfer New Forest West

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 1 Mai 1997 — Etholiad cyffredinol

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @DesmondSwayne
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

Desmond Swayne campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Defence
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Health
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Treasury
• Correspondence
• Coronavirus: Vaccination
• Territorial Army
• Iraq
• New Forest

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• Member, Panel of Chairs (since 27 Tach 2024)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (since 25 Tach 2024)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Member, Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill) Committee (17 Ebr 2024 to 24 Ebr 2024)
• Member, Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL] Committee (28 Chw 2024 to 7 Maw 2024)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) ( 4 Maw 2020 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee ( 2 Maw 2020 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (16 Ion 2020 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ( 8 Ebr 2019 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (31 Hyd 2017 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Member, International Trade Committee (31 Hyd 2016 to 3 Mai 2017)
• The Minister of State, Department for International Development (15 Gor 2014 to 17 Gor 2016)
• The Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household ( 7 Hyd 2013 to 15 Gor 2014)
• Member, Administration Committee (22 Hyd 2012 to 28 Hyd 2013)
• The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury ( 6 Med 2012 to 7 Hyd 2013)
• Parliamentary Private Secretary To the Leader of the Opposition (16 Rha 2005 to 11 Mai 2010)
• Member, Defence Committee (12 Gor 2005 to 6 Chw 2006)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) ( 6 Gor 2005 to 8 Ebr 2010)
• Parliamentary Private Secretaries To Leader of the Opposition ( 9 Med 2004 to 6 Rha 2005)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) ( 1 Meh 2002 to 1 Meh 2003)
• Member, Procedure Committee ( 4 Maw 2002 to 12 Gor 2005)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Defence) ( 1 Meh 2001 to 1 Meh 2002)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Health) ( 1 Chw 2001 to 1 Meh 2001)
• Member, Social Security Committee (26 Gor 1999 to 11 Mai 2001)
• Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (14 Gor 1997 to 11 Mai 2001)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Chairman, Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
• Chairman, Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Prisons and Courts Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (13 out of 13)
• Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Local Government Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Alaa Abd El-Fattah 14 May 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing sanctions on people associated with the detention of Alaa Abd El-Fattah in Egypt.

• Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit 13 May 2025

  It is important to remember the history here. There was no common fisheries policy until the prospect of Britain’s joining the common market arose, and then those countries created one simply so that they could rip us off.

• Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit 13 May 2025

  It is important to remember the history here. There was no common fisheries policy until the prospect of Britain’s joining the common market arose, and then those countries created one simply so that they could rip us off.

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Desmond Swayne