Desmond Swayne

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Sir Desmond Swayne (June 2017)

Sir Desmond Angus Swayne MP (born August 20, 1956 ) is a British politician . He belongs to the Conservative Party and is a supporter of Brexit .

Since 1997 he has represented the New Forest West constituency in the House of Commons .

Life

Sir Desmond Swayne went to school in South Ayrshire and Bedford . He then studied theology at the University of St Andrews .

From 1980 to 1987 Swayne taught economics at various schools. From 1988 to 1996 he was employed as a risk management systems manager at the Royal Bank of Scotland .

Swayne also made a career in the reserves of the British Army from 1987 and rose to the rank of major . In June 2003 he was drafted into the army as a member of the House of Commons and sent to the Iraq war . The then Conservative Party leader , Iain Duncan Smith, was delighted with the move.

After Swayne was defeated in the British general election in 1987 and 1992 in constituencies in Pontypridd and West Bromwich , he was elected in the 1997 British general election for the constituency of New Forest West in the county of Hampshire . Between 2005 and 2012 he was David Cameron's private secretary .

Swayne married Moira Cecily Teek in August 1987 in Buckinghamshire . They have a son Albert (born July 1989) and two daughters (born June 23, 1991 and March 2, 1997); The family lives in Burley, Hampshire.

Political career

Sir Desmond Swayne with Bill Gates in July 2014

Swayne is a supporter of the United Kingdom's exit from the EU and also campaigned for the forced break of its own parliament. However, when the UK Supreme Court lifted the parliamentary break initiated by Prime Minister Boris Johnson , Swayne proposed that this institution be abolished. When he later surprisingly spoke out against a no-deal Brexit , the Brexit Party led by Nigel Farage announced that it would challenge Swayne in the next election.

Swayne achieved international fame when he appeared to be asleep during a speech given by his EU-friendly party colleague Kenneth Clarke .

In September 2019, he sided with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the course of the debate about blackfacing (facial blackening) and said that blackfacing was completely acceptable. Eventually, he himself admitted to engaging in similar activities.

Web links

Commons : Desmond Swayne  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Who We Are - Leave Means Leave. October 24, 2017, accessed September 30, 2019 .
  2. ^ Desmond Swayne - Parliamentary candidates - Telegraph. March 6, 2012, accessed September 30, 2019 .
  3. ^ MP to serve in Iraq . June 19, 2003 ( bbc.co.uk [accessed September 30, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne MP. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Tahmeena Bax, Eliza Anyangwe: Who is Desmond Swayne? Introducing Britain's new development minister . In: The Guardian . July 16, 2014, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed September 30, 2019]).
  6. ↑ Desmond Swayne. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .
  7. ^ 'We should abolish the Supreme Court' - New Forest MP. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Jon Waller: New Forest MP faces Brexit Party challenge after refusing no-deal pact. In: Advertiser and Times. September 29, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2019 (UK English).
  9. ↑ Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart Germany: Brexit debate in Great Britain: MPs seem to be asleep - and provide amusement online. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Blackface is an 'entirely acceptable bit of fun', says Conservative MP. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Victoria Ward: Tory MP Sir Desmond Swayne admits 'blacking up' at fancy dress party and says he has 'no intention' of apologising . In: The Telegraph . September 27, 2019, ISSN  0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed September 30, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Swayne, Desmond
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Swayne, Sir Desmond Angus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th August 1956