Rt Hon Mr Hugo Swire

Rt Hon Mr Hugo Swire

Constituency

East Devon

Party

Conservative

Address as

Mr Swire

Contact details

Constituency

9C Mill Road Industrial Estate, White Cross Road, Woodbury Salterton, Exeter, EX5 1EL
Tel: 01395 233503
office@eastdevonconservatives.org.uk

Parliamentary

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 8173
Fax: 020 7219 1895
hugo.swire.mp@parliament.uk

Departmental

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London, SW1A 2AH
Tel: 020 7008 1500
psministerswireaction@fco.gsi.gov.uk

Web & Social media

Biography

Electoral history

Post Date
Member for East Devon 2001-
Contested Greenock & Inverclyde General Election 1997

Parliamentary career

Post Date
Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (South East Asia/Far East, India and Nepal, Latin America, Falklands, Australasia and Pacific, Commonwealth) 2012-
Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office) 2010-12
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) 2005-05
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (also Shadow Deputy Prime Minister) 2005-07
Opposition Whip (Commons) 2003-04

Select committees

Post House Date
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Commons 2002-05
Advisory Committee on Works of Art (Chair) Commons 2005-10
Advisory Committee on Works of Art Commons 2001-10

Political interests

Defence, foreign affairs, culture, pensioners

Countries of interest

Bosnia, Lebanon, Oman, Slovenia, United Arab Emirates

General Election 2010 General Election - East Devon

Name Party Votes Share Change
Swire, Hugo Con 25662 48.33% 1.1%
Robathan, David LD 16548 31.17% 3.1%
Manson, Gareth Lab 5721 10.78% -7.5%
Amor, Mike UKIP 4346 8.19% 2.6%
Pavey, Sharon Green 815 1.54%
Majority 9114 17.17%
Turnout 53092 72.62%
Electorate 73109
Result Con Hold

See Briefing Papers General Election 2010 for detailed results.