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Last 12 months

How Peter Swallow votes

Peter Swallow voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 220 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Peter Swallow has 4 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Employment and earningsWriting an article for The Guardian - The Guardian17 Sep 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 17 September 2026 - £305.6217 Sep 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Brunei between 25 May 2025 and 29 May 202515 Oct 2025
Family members engaged in third-party lobbyingRishi Patel employed as Lobbyist22 Jul 2024

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Peter Swallow asked 20 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care5
Department for Transport3
Department for Work and Pensions2
Treasury2
Ministry of Justice1

Latest questions

14 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet
28 Aug 2026 · to the Ministry of Justice
Answered 8 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 7 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 7 Sep 2026
19 Jun 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answered 29 Jun 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£18,171
Office costs · claims for running an office£17,289
Staffing · claims relating to staff£469
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£412

68 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Peter Swallow represents Bracknell. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Peter Swallow

Labour

MAJORITY
784

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
61%

of people who could vote did

Peter Swallow won with 34% of the votes, and James Sunderland (Conservative) came second with 32%.

Votes for each party

Labour34% · 14,783
Conservative32% · 13,999
Reform UK17% · 7,445
Liberal Democrat11% · 4,768
Green Party5% · 2,166
Independent1% · 480
Everyone else0% · 196
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Peter SwallowLabour14,78333.7%
James SunderlandConservative13,99931.9%
Malcolm TullettReform UK7,44517.0%
Katie MansfieldLiberal Democrat4,76810.9%
Emily TorodeGreen Party2,1664.9%
Olivio BarretoIndependent4801.1%
Jason ReardonHeritage Party1960.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£854 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.0%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

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