Desmond Swayne
Born
1956
Bern
School
Bedford School
Independent
University
University of St Andrews
In office
3.9 years
Longer than 51% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation
In government
DC
Appointed by David Cameron
3 posts · 2012–2016
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Minister for International Development
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Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Senior Whip)
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Lord Commissioner (Whip)
Career
Before Parliament 4
officer, second lieutenant to major; served in Iraq 2003
Territorial Army (Royal Armoured Corps; Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry; Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry)
Voting record
2,107
votes since 2016
42
votes against their own party, 2.0% of 2,067 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 99 votes
40
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst
Free votes their own view
- No
- No
- No
- No
- Aye
- Aye
- Aye
- Aye
- Aye
- Aye
- Aye
- No
Votes against their party latest 15
- AyeSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 232024-01-17 · Immigration & asylum
- AyeSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 192024-01-16 · Immigration & asylum
- AyeSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 102024-01-16 · Immigration & asylum
- AyeEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 72023-10-25 · Economy, business & work
- NoEnergy Bill [Lords]: Third Reading2023-09-05 · Energy & transport
- Aye
- NoRelationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 20232023-06-28 · Constitution & devolution
- NoPrivilege Motion2023-06-19
- NoDraft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Home Detention Curfew) Order 20232023-03-22 · Justice & courts
- NoProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 172022-10-31 · Housing & planning
- NoHigh Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Second Reading2022-06-20 · Energy & transport
- No
- NoHealth Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 14002021-12-14 · Health & NHS
- NoMotion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation)2021-11-30 · Covid-19
- No
Read the full voting transcript (2,107 votes)
Commons and Lords votes since 2016. Topics are assigned from division titles by keyword rules.
Bills sponsored
1
private member's bills, 1 as lead sponsor
0
of them became law
Private member's bills 1
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Still before Parliament
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill2026 · Private member's bill (ballot)
Taken from Parliament's own records of bills. A government bill carries the name of the minister who introduces it, so it says which brief they held, not that they wrote it. Private member's bills are the ones MPs and peers bring forward themselves, and very few become law.
Interests and jobs after office
Land & property2
2 entries
- Residential in LondonNone
- Residential in LondonNone
Family1
1 entry
- Moira Swayne employed — Principal SecretaryNone
Current Register of Members' Financial Interests only.