Sir Desmond Swayne

The Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne is the Conservative MP for New Forest West, and has been an MP continually since 1 May 1997.

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency New Forest West when Sir Desmond Swayne was elected.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
5,600
Electorate
68,644
Turnout
67.5%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. This means that the election history for this constituency began at the last general election on 4 July 2024.

The Library’s election results site shows relationships to previous constituencies and election results for 2010-2024.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Desmond Swayne
Conservative
16,412 35.4% -28.4%
Sally Johnston
Labour
10,812 23.3% 10.2%
Jack Davies
Liberal Democrat
8,186 17.7% 2.3%
Reginald Chester-Sterne
Reform UK
7,577 16.4% 16.4%
Anna Collar
Green Party
2,800 6.0% -1.7%
Gavin Ridley
Animal Welfare Party
393 0.8% 0.8%
Paul Simon
Social Democratic Party
157 0.3% 0.3%