New Forest West

Old parliamentary constituency

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In June 2024, this constituency was replaced with:

New Forest West

Covers approximately 100% of this old constituency’s population, and 100% of this old constituency’s area.

MP

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Desmond Swayne

Desmond Swayne

Conservative Party

Data from TheyWorkForYou.

MP profiles

Data collated by The Climate Coalition.

Positions and memberships

  • Member the Work and Pensions Committee

Political groups

Data from UK Parliament and mySociety.

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Votes and EDMs

Vote Position
MP vote on Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas Bill No
MP vote on Environment Bill Aye
MP support for Cumbria coal mine court appeal Did not support
MP support for Accelerating construction work and lower carbon construction vehicles Did not support
MP support for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Did not support
MP support for Zero carbon homes Did not support

Data from UK Parliament. Votes and EDMs selected for indicating support for climate/nature movement. See this MP’s full voting record on TheyWorkForYou.

Written Answers

Department Topic Date
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Pesticides: Neonicotinoids 2024-09-03

Data from TheyWorkForYou. Recent Written Answers to questions submitted by the MP to departments relevant to climate and nature. See this MP’s full record on TheyWorkForYou.

2019 majority

24,403

Data from UK Parliament. This information is provided because in the UK electoral system, political parties and the media will be paying more attention to marginal seats and therefore the voices of the people within them can have greater national impact.

Date elected

1st May 1997

Data from UK Parliament.

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Public opinion

Support offshore wind

93%

85.2% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support onshore wind

89%

82.7% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Would be less favourable towards the Conservative Party if they chose to weaken climate policies

72%

69.1% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. Updated September 2022.

Support solar power

95%

87.6% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support tidal energy

94%

86.0% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support wave energy

95%

86.6% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support nuclear energy

58%

57.4% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Support renewable energy projects in their local area

90%

85.0% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Updated September 2022.

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

56%

51.9% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. Updated September 2022.

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

93%

84.2% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. Updated September 2022.

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

24%

24.2% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. Updated September 2022.

Consider climate change a high priority

54%

53.9% national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who consider climate change a high priority. Updated July 2022.

EU (Brexit) leave vote percentage

55%

51.8% national average

Data from UK Parliament. Percentage of constituents who voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum Updated February 2017.

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

21%

31.6% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

14%

23.7% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

9%

19.1% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

25%

37.6% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Likelihood to take action such as voting for a particular candidate or lobbying an MP to tackle climate change and protect nature

This area National average
Neither likely nor unlikely 34% 32.5%
Net likely 37% 39.6%
Net unlikely 29% 27.9%
Quite likely 27% 27.4%
Quite unlikely 12% 12.6%
Very likely 10% 12.2%
Very unlikely 17% 15.3%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. Updated April 2023.

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

This area National average
Neither agree nor disagree 16% 18.7%
Net agree 76% 72.5%
Net disagree 8% 8.7%
Partly agree 40% 38.8%
Partly disagree 6% 5.9%
Strongly agree 36% 33.8%
Strongly disagree 2% 2.7%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. Updated April 2023.

Mental health has been impacted by the cost of living crisis

36%

41.6% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

25%

26.7% national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who neither support nor oppose net zero. Updated July 2022.

Oppose Net Zero

15%

12.7% national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who oppose net zero. Updated July 2022.

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

This area National average
Neither agree nor disagree 22% 23.5%
Net agree 57% 58.8%
Net disagree 21% 17.7%
Somewhat agree 36% 34.7%
Somewhat disagree 13% 10.6%
Strongly agree 21% 24.2%
Strongly disagree 8% 7.2%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. Updated April 2023.

Support Net Zero

59%

60.6% national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. Estimated percentage of constituents who support net zero. Updated July 2022.

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

This area National average
Should be a priority 59% 57.4%
Should not be a priority 41% 42.6%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. Updated April 2023.

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

23%

28.8% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

33%

40.0% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

Worried about not being able to pay their energy bills in the next year

47%

53.5% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. Updated March 2023.

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Place

Air pollution

This area National average
Benzene 0.3% 0.3%
NO2 6.2% 9.7%
NOX 7.8% 13.1%
Ozone 3.3% 2.1%
PM10 10.4% 11.5%
PM2.5 6.3% 6.5%
SO2 0.8% 1.5%

Data from Defra. Metrics of pollutants associated with air pollution, aggregated per constituency, recorded automatically across the UK. Updated 2021.

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0-9 8.3% 11.8%
Ages 10-19 9.8% 11.5%
Ages 20-29 7.6% 12.9%
Ages 30-39 7.9% 13.3%
Ages 40-49 10.6% 12.6%
Ages 50-59 14.5% 13.7%
Ages 60-69 14.9% 10.8%
Ages 70-79 15.5% 8.5%
Ages 80+ 10.6% 5.0%

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated by House of Commons Library. Updated 2021.

Country of the UK

England

Data from mySociety. Updated 2024-04-24.

Estimated child poverty

24.1%

29.4% national average

Data from End Child Poverty, based on data from DWP/HMRC. Percentage of children living in households with a net income (after housing costs) below 60% of the national median. Updated June 2024.

Estimated households in fuel poverty

12.2%

17.7% national average

Data from End Fuel Poverty Coalition. Percentage of households in fuel poverty, including adjustment for Energy Price Guarantee, using National Energy Action base number of households in fuel poverty. Updated July 2023.

Ethnicity

This area National average
African 0.1% 2.2%
Any other ethnic group 0.3% 1.4%
Arab 0.1% 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.1% 0.9%
Caribbean 0.1% 0.9%
Chinese 0.3% 0.7%
English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 92.9% 76.5%
Gypsy or Irish Traveller 0.2% 0.1%
Indian 0.3% 2.8%
Irish 0.5% 0.8%
Other Asian 0.6% 1.5%
Other Black 0.0% 0.4%
Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.4% 0.7%
Other White 3.2% 5.7%
Pakistani 0.0% 2.4%
Roma 0.1% 0.2%
White and Asian 0.5% 0.8%
White and Black African 0.2% 0.4%
White and Black Caribbean 0.2% 0.8%

Data From House of Commons Library Ethnicity as of the 2021 census (England and Wales) Updated 2021.

Flood risk from rivers or sea

This area National average
High 54.0% 36.8%
Low 9.2% 18.4%
Medium 36.8% 40.9%
Very Low 0% 4.0%

Data from Defra. Proportion of this constituency at High, Medium, Low, or Very Low risk of flooding. Updated 2018.

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

5

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated and standardised by mySociety. Deciles of deprivation, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived). This uses a composite measure of deprivation (including income, employment, education, skills, health, crime, and housing) standardised across the countries of the UK.

Number of onshore windfarms

0

0.7 national average

Data from Wikipedia. Updated 2024-04-24.

Popular petitions

Petition Signatures
Call an immediate general election to end the chaos of the current government 1048
Ban Water Companies discharging raw sewage into water courses. 414
End the Cage Age for all farmed animals 287

Data from UK Government and Parliament Petitions. Updated 2024-01-23.

Rural Urban Classification

Urban with rural areas

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated and standardised by mySociety. A composite measure of 'ruralness' (based population density, settlement size, and drive times) standardised across the countries of the UK.

Socio-economic status

This area National average
Full-time students 3.9% 7.4%
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations 14.7% 12.9%
Intermediate occupations 12.3% 11.5%
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations 22.3% 19.9%
Lower supervisory and technical occupations 5.4% 5.5%
Never worked / long-term unemployed 5.8% 8.5%
Routine occupations 8.8% 12.2%
Semi-routine occupations 12.2% 11.5%
Small employers and own account workers 14.6% 10.6%

Data from the 2021 census, collated by House of Commons Library. England and Wales only. Updated 2021.

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Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Data from Tearfund. Updated July 2023.

Number of CAFOD activists

1

4.3 national average

Data from CAFOD. Updated February 2023.

Number of CAFOD parishes

1

1.4 national average

Data from CAFOD. Updated February 2023.

Number of CAFOD schools

0

2.3 national average

Data from CAFOD. Updated February 2023.

Number of Christian Aid groups

0

0.6 national average

Data from Christian Aid. Updated April 2023.

Number of community groups supporting climate action

5

  • Burley Women’s Institute
  • Burley Women’s Institute
  • Greening Ringwood
  • New Forest Women’s Institute
  • Ringwood and Hangersley WI

Data from The Climate Coalition. These community groups signed The Climate Coalition’s 2024 open letter calling for greater action on climate and nature from UK political parties. Updated 2024-07-02.

Number of Friends of the Earth local action groups

1

  • New Forest Friends of the Earth

Data from Friends of the Earth. Updated January 2024.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events

4

1.8 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events Updated October 2022.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events

6

2.2 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events Updated July 2023.

Number of Hope For The Future trained constituents

1

0.2 national average

Data from Hope For The Future. These constituents have been trained by Hope For The Future, to have more frequent and more powerful conversations about climate and nature, with their elected representatives. Updated February 2023.

Number of RSPB Reserves

0

0.3 national average

Data from the RSPB. Updated September 2023.

Number of Save the Children shops

1

0.2 national average

Data from Save the Children. Updated July 2023.

Number of Trussell Trust foodbanks

2

2.2 national average

Data from Trussell Trust. Updated December 2022.

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

2

  • Lymington Reedbeds Nature Reserve
  • Lymington and Keyhaven Marshes Nature Reserve

Data from the Wildlife Trusts. Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves Updated 2024-07-02.

Number of Women’s Institute groups

17

Data from the WI. Updated 2024-04-24.

Number of WWF supporters

1,659

1,468.2 national average

Data from WWF. Updated February 2023.

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