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Last 12 months

How Robin Swann votes

Robin Swann has not taken part in any votes where parties gave instructions yet.

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 voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstn/a
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForn/a
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForn/a
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForn/a

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.

Robin Swann has 4 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesRandox Laboratories Ltd - £900.0013 Sep 2026
MiscellaneousHonorary Associate of the British Veterinary Association.4 Oct 2025
MiscellaneousDirector and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch).31 Oct 2024
MiscellaneousHonorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.29 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.

Robin Swann asked 87 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs15
Treasury14
Northern Ireland Office14
Ministry of Defence11
Department of Health and Social Care5

Latest questions

2 Sep 2026 · to the Treasury
Answered 8 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answered 4 Sep 2026
13 Jul 2026 · to the Northern Ireland Office
Answered 16 Jul 2026
13 Jul 2026 · to the Northern Ireland Office
Answered 16 Jul 2026
7 Jul 2026 · to the Scotland Office
Answered 15 Jul 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
£19,014
Office costs · claims for running an office£16,668
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£2,347

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

Robin Swann represents South Antrim. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Robin Swann

Ulster Unionist Party

MAJORITY
7,512

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
56%

of people who could vote did

Robin Swann won with 38% of the votes, and Paul Girvan (Democratic Unionist Party) came second with 21%.

Votes for each party

Ulster Unionist Party38% · 16,311
Democratic Unionist Party21% · 8,799
Sinn Féin19% · 8,034
Alliance11% · 4,574
Traditional Unionist Voice6% · 2,693
Social Democratic & Labour Party4% · 1,589
Everyone else2% · 908
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Robin SwannUlster Unionist Party16,31138.0%
Paul GirvanDemocratic Unionist Party8,79920.5%
Declan KearneySinn Féin8,03418.7%
John BlairAlliance4,57410.7%
Mel LucasTraditional Unionist Voice2,6936.3%
Roisin LynchSocial Democratic & Labour Party1,5893.7%
Lesley VeronicaGreen Party Northern Ireland5411.3%
Siobhan McErleanAontú3670.9%

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

Not available for this area.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.0%
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?

Not enough whipped votes yet to show a trend.

Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this