MP Expenses
Sir Desmond Swayne
Current MP

Sir Desmond SwayneMP expenses

£1,948 IPSA expenses in 2017-18

Conservative · New Forest West

IPSA expenses cover the business costs of doing the job of an MP — staffing, office running costs, accommodation and travel — not personal salary. Full details on what counts as a claim are in the methodology.

Total claimed this year

£2,250

Total claimed — selected period (2017-18)

£1,948

View full itemised claims below

Spend by category — 2017-18

Year-on-year trend

Sir Desmond Swayne expenses by financial year

These totals sum the IPSA records currently held on this site for each financial year. The newest period can change as IPSA publishes further data. Category names are retained exactly as IPSA published them.

Published IPSA expenses for Sir Desmond Swayne, grouped by financial year
Financial yearPublished totalLargest published categoryRecords heldOpen year
2025-26£7,328Accommodation (£4,705)22View claims
2024-25£3,593Travel and Subsistence (£3,593)2View claims
2023-24£11,216Office Costs (£4,942)49View claims
2022-23£11,263Office Costs (£4,917)54View claims
2021-22£9,947Office Costs (£5,399)66View claims
2020-21£15,119Office Costs (£8,079)70View claims
2019-20£10,936Office Costs (£3,379)61View claims
2018-19£2,267Travel and Subsistence (£1,114)22View claims
2017-18£1,948Travel and Subsistence (£948)20View claims
2016-17£2,613Travel and Subsistence (£1,435)23View claims
2015-16£2,591Office Costs (£985)19View claims
2014-15£4,096Travel and Subsistence (£2,765)24View claims
2013-14£3,202Travel and Subsistence (£1,885)25View claims
2012-13£3,690Travel and Subsistence (£2,267)27View claims
2011-12£3,590Travel and Subsistence (£2,202)29View claims
2010-11£5,837Staffing (£2,409)25View claims

A published total can differ from a simple count of visible individual claims because IPSA also publishes some annual totals and withholds some details for security or data protection. See the methodology.

Itemised claims

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SubcategoryStatusDescriptionSource
AccommodationHotel - London£3202025-262 Feb 2026PaidParliamentary sittingsView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£1,4762025-2630 Jan 2026PaidCaseworker annual hosting and support licenceView source
AccommodationHotel - London£3602025-2629 Jan 2026Paid[***][***][***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£942025-2617 Jan 2026PaidParliamentary: early School Visit on 19/1View source
AccommodationHotel - London£4002025-267 Dec 2025PaidParliamentary Sittings [***][***][***]View source
Office CostsTraining - staff£6902025-2618 Nov 2025PaidVideo Course Parli-TrainingView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£1202025-263 Nov 2025PaidCaseworker UpgradeView source
AccommodationHotel - London£2402025-2630 Oct 2025Paid[***] [***] [***] - Parliamentary sittingsView source
AccommodationHotel - London£502025-2614 Oct 2025PaidParliament sittingView source
AccommodationHotel - London£642025-2613 Oct 2025PaidParliament sittingView source
AccommodationHotel - London£2402025-2615 Sept 2025PaidParliamentary sittings - [***] [***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£1572025-261 Sept 2025Paidparliamentary sitting [***] [***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£1662025-2621 Jul 2025PaidParliamentary sitting [***] [***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£2402025-2616 Jul 2025PaidParliamentary sittings [***][***][***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£5602025-2630 Jun 2025PaidParliamentary Sittings [***][***][***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£1862025-2619 Jun 2025Paidparliamentary sitting [***] [***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£3602025-2621 May 2025Paid[***][***][***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£3202025-261 May 2025PaidParliament Sitting: [***][***][***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£3202025-2624 Apr 2025PaidParliamentary sittingsView source
Office CostsWebsite hosting and design£3372025-261 Apr 2025Paidwww.desmondswaynemp.com Forest Design -hosting websiteView source
AccommodationHotel - London£1482025-2631 Mar 2025PaidParliament Sitting (night of 2 April) [***] [***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£4802025-2627 Mar 2025Paidparliament sittings March. [***] [***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£3602023-2427 Feb 2024PaidParliamentary SittingsView source
Office CostsAdvertising and contact cards£292023-2425 Feb 2024Paidsurgery advertView source
Office CostsMobile telephone - contract & usage£392023-2422 Feb 2024PaidCellhire rentalView source
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Similar claims by other MPs

Other MPs who claimed under “Hotel London Area” in 2017-18. Browse all Hotel London Area claims

MPAmountDateDescription
Peter Dowd

Labour

£75022 Feb 2018Feb 18 IPSA Card — [***]
Andrew Bowie

Conservative

£75030 Jun 2017Payment Card 28th July '17 — [***]
Graham Stringer

Labour

£60011 Jan 2018hotel 7-10 jan 2018
Karin Smyth

Labour

£6007 Dec 2017Card Dec17 — [***]
Peter Dowd

Labour

£60020 Oct 2017October Card 2017 — [***]
Graham Stringer

Labour

£60012 Oct 2017hotel 8-12 oct 2017
Graham Stringer

Labour

£60014 Sept 2017hotel 10-13 sep 2017
Christine Jardine

Liberal Democrat

£60011 Sept 2017Expenses card — [***]
Alex Sobel

Labour (Co-op)

£60021 Jun 2017Direct Travel Import 01/08/201 — SOBEL/ALEX
John Lamont

Conservative

£60011 Jun 2017Direct Travel Import 01/08/201 — LAMONT/JOHN MR
Emma Hardy

Labour

£60011 Jun 2017Direct Travel Import 01/08/201 — HARDY/EMMA MS
Damian Hinds

Conservative

£5359 Feb 2018February Hotels London Area — [***]

Conservative average — 2017-18

£13,520

All-MP average — 2017-18

£15,530

Outside financial interests

Separate from IPSA expenses, MPs must publicly register outside earnings, donations and support, gifts, land and property, shareholdings and other interests. Search all MPs' interests. Data from the UK Parliament Register of Members' Financial Interests, shown by category exactly as published.

6. Land and property (within or outside the UK)

9. Family members employed

Sir Desmond Swayne expenses — common questions

How much did Sir Desmond Swayne claim in expenses in 2017-18?
Sir Desmond Swayne claimed £1,948 in IPSA business costs in 2017-18. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
What did Sir Desmond Swayne claim for?
In 2017-18, Sir Desmond Swayne's largest published IPSA category was Travel and Subsistence (£948). Full itemised claims with source links are on this page.
Where does Sir Desmond Swayne's expenses data come from?
Figures are imported from IPSA (the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) and the UK Parliament Members API. Every amount links to its original IPSA source record.

Figures are presented without ranking or interpretation. Read the methodology for details on data sourcing and publication lag.