Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne MP
Conservative
New Forest West
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The Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne is the Conservative MP for New Forest West, and has been an MP continually since 1 May 1997.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£29,586
/ £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£29,586
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2024-07-04 → present
New Forest West
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
New Forest West
1997-05-01 → 2010-05-06
New Forest West
Party history
1997-05-01 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2014-07-15 → 2016-07-17
Minister of State (Department for International Development)
2013-10-07 → 2014-07-15
Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons)
2012-09-06 → 2013-10-07
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
Opposition posts
2002-06-01 → 2003-06-01
Opposition Whip (Commons)
2001-06-01 → 2002-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Defence)
2001-02-01 → 2001-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Health)
Committee memberships
1997-07-14 → 2001-05-11
Scottish Affairs Committee
1999-07-26 → 2001-05-11
Social Security
2002-03-04 → 2005-07-12
Procedure Committee
2020-03-04 → 2024-05-30
Ecclesiastical Committee
2017-10-31 → 2019-11-06
Ecclesiastical Committee
2005-07-06 → 2010-04-08
Ecclesiastical Committee
2005-07-12 → 2006-02-06
Defence Committee
2012-10-22 → 2013-10-28
Administration Committee
2016-10-31 → 2017-05-03
International Trade Committee
2019-04-08 → 2019-11-06
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2020-01-16 → 2024-05-30
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2020-03-02 → 2024-05-30
Work and Pensions Committee
2024-02-28 → 2024-03-07
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]
2024-04-17 → 2024-04-24
Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill)
2024-11-25 → present
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2024-11-27 → present
Panel of Chairs
2025-06-26 → present
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill
2025-06-26 → present
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
swayned@parliament.uk
020 7219 4886 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
020 7219 4886 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
01425 206332
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Constituency office
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