At a glancePeter Swallow is a Labour MP for Bracknell, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 489 votes in Commons divisions (85% attendance), tabled 22 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Peter Swallow did not vote in 85. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] Committee since 17 Dec 2025
- Education Committee Committee since 28 Oct 2025
- General Cemetery Bill [HL] Committee since 16 Sep 2025
- Norwich Livestock Market Bill [HL] Committee since 25 Jun 2025
- Court of Referees Committee since 27 Feb 2025
- Human Rights (Joint Committee) Committee since 6 Jan 2025
- Bracknell Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Josh Dean
Labour
100.0% · 467 of 467 shared votes
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Harpreet Uppal
Labour
100.0% · 457 of 457 shared votes
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Emily Darlington
Labour
100.0% · 445 of 445 shared votes
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Alice Macdonald
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 433 of 433 shared votes
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Gareth Snell
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 429 of 429 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 296 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.7% · 1 of 148 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
1.0% · 3 of 286 shared votes
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
1.0% · 2 of 208 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
1.2% · 4 of 336 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Family members engaged in third-party lobbying1
- Rishi Patel employed as Lobbyist (registered 22 Jul 2024)
Visits outside the UK1
- International visit to Brunei between 25 May 2025 and 29 May 2025 (registered 15 Oct 2025)
Written questions
Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he will publish data on the disposal of social housing stock broken down by tenure and local authority area.
Answer · 29 Jun 2026
Large Private Registered Providers (PRPs) of social housing (i.e. those with 1,000 or more social and affordable homes) are required to report on the number of sales, demolitions, new builds, acquisitions or movements of owned units of social and affordab...
Families: Bracknell Forest
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support families in Bracknell Forest in summer 2026.
Answer · 23 Jun 2026
This Government is committed to supporting families. At the Budget, we took £150 off energy bills, froze rail fares and prescription charges, and lifted 450,000 children out of poverty. With our Great British Summer Savings scheme, we are making bus trave...
Ataxia
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the accessibility of TG6 blood tests for diagnosis of gluten ataxia.
Answer · 3 Jun 2026
While National Health Service specialised services commissions care for some rare ataxias, gluten ataxia is commissioned within integrated care board-commissioned neurology services. Decisions on the provision of diagnostic tests, including blood tests, a...
Broadband and Mobile Phones: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is taking steps to help tackle loyalty penalties for phone and broadband customers.
Answer · 16 Apr 2026
As regulator for telecoms, Ofcom has introduced a range of measures to improve transparency and consumer engagement in telecoms markets, including clearer end-of-contract notifications, new rules on in-contract price rises, and the One Touch Switching pro...
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress he has made on consulting on reform to the calculation of Child maintenance.
Answer · 23 Mar 2026
We will announce further details in due course.Given the significant amount of time since the child maintenance calculation was updated, we need to assess carefully the impact of any proposed changes on all parents that use the Child Maintenance Service (...
Driving Tests: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has her Department made on helping to reduce the waiting time for driving test appointments.
Answer · 9 Mar 2026
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. The agency is intensifying its efforts to reduce waiting times and improve access to ...
Animals: Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is considering measures to restrict those convicted of animal abuse from purchasing animals.
Answer · 27 Feb 2026
Post‑conviction sentencing powers under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 already include disqualification orders, which prevent individuals convicted of animal cruelty from owning, keeping, or participating in the care of animals. Where police or local authori...
NHS: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on providing the NHS staff council with a funded mandate to make improvements to the Agenda for Change pay structure.
Answer · 13 Mar 2026
The NHS Staff Council was provided with a mandate to negotiate changes to the Agenda for Change pay structure for their agreement on 5 March 2026.Pay structure changes that are agreed by the NHS Staff Council under the mandate will deliver additional pay ...
Early day motions
| 13 Jul 2026 | Bracknell community mural | 2 sig. |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Bracknell Forest Politics in Action 2026 | 2 sig. |
| 15 Dec 2025 | 85th anniversary of Berkshire Youth | 1 sig. |
| 15 Dec 2025 | 25th anniversary of Pilgrim Hearts Trust | 1 sig. |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Recognition of Kaleidoscopic UK's service to survivors of domestic abuse | 1 sig. |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Recognition of Youthline's service to young people facing mental health challenges | 1 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
13 Jul 2026 British National Overseas Visa
The Hong Kong community in Bracknell Forest has welcomed the announcement of the continuation of the five-year settlement route for BNO visa holders, as well as the expansion to adult children. However, real concerns remain around changes …
13 Jul 2026 British National Overseas Visa
12. What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the British national overseas visa settlement route.
9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
The shadow Minister says that Israel is a critical ally. Is it not possible ever to be critical of one’s allies in return?
9 Jul 2026 Violence against Women and Girls: Prosecution Rates
My right hon. and learned Friend is right that the system needs to change. I have been contacted by a constituent who has waited four years for her day in court, following her ex-partner being charged with coercive and controlling behaviou…
9 Jul 2026 Violence against Women and Girls: Prosecution Rates
2. What steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates for crimes involving violence against women and girls.
8 Jul 2026 NHS Corridor Care
Of course, we must fix the back door and help people get out of hospital quicker, but there is also a challenge at the front door, with too many people feeling that they need to go to secondary care for health treatment. Is it not so impor…
7 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
T8. Year 7 students from Ranelagh school in Bracknell have written to me as part of the Creative for Climate Justice Project. As well as sharing some incredible artwork and poetry, they wrote that the impacts of climate change are alrea…
6 Jul 2026 Foreign Interference in UK Politics
We know that Russia orchestrated not only an arson attack on the Prime Minister’s family, but then the spreading on social media of misinformation about the attack, so I welcome the Rycroft review’s recommendations on strengthening enforce…
6 Jul 2026 Rochdale Grooming Gang: Offender Deportation
It is my view that Shabir Ahmed, a vile paedophile, signed up for a one-way ticket out of this country on the very day that he started committing his vile crimes. I thank the Minister for his statement setting out that he will stop at noth…
2 Jul 2026 Historical Forced Adoption
In moments like this, I feel the privilege of serving on both the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Education Committee. The Prime Minister is right to say that it should not have taken two Select Committee reports to get us here tod…
2 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
T7. Bracknell residents are concerned that two vital local post offices, in Crown Wood and in Bracknell town centre, are at risk of closure because of the travails of their host stores, Morrisons Daily and TGJones. That follows the rece…
29 Jun 2026 Asylum Accommodation
My hon. Friend will know that Bracknell welcomed Afghans who supported our armed forces in transitional accommodation under the Afghan resettlement programme, but under the system introduced by the Conservatives that is not taken into acco…
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
My hon. Friend is making an important point. I have been contacted by many constituents who have engaged with the “People’s Emergency Briefing” campaign. One of its key asks is greater public awareness of the effects of climate change. Doe…
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
It absolutely will be about jobs—I thank the right hon. Lady for giving way. The CBI—not the Government, but the CBI—has found that the net zero economy is worth £100 billion of investment in this country every year and supports 1.1 millio…
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
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24 Jun 2026 Media Green Paper
Last week we had a powerful reminder of how important trusted news broadcasting is when the BBC reported that arson attacks targeting the Prime Minister and his family were orchestrated by Russia. Not stopping there, Russian-backed bots th…
22 Jun 2026 Pathways Study: Puberty Suppression
On a quiet day in Westminster, I have had a chance to dive into the Conservative party’s 2024 manifesto, which promised: “We will complete the implementation of the Cass Review”. A similar commitment appeared in our own manifesto, wh…
18 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
Whether it is cheering along to every one of those England goals, bawling our eyes out as we watch the heartbreaking social drama “Tip Toe”, or even following the latest twists and turns at Westminster from trusted news sources, it is undo…
18 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
18 Jun 2026 Human Rights: Supply Chains
My hon. Friend will know that I am a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, which recently published a report called “Forced Labour in the UK’s Supply Chains”. One of our recommendations was that the Government need to strengthen s…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] 5 Mar 2025 – 20 Mar 2025
Expenses
Contact & offices
01344 918 198
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Peter Swallow, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Peter Swallow?
Peter Swallow is a Member of Parliament representing Bracknell in the House of Commons. See Peter Swallow's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Peter Swallow represent?
Peter Swallow sits as Labour. See Peter Swallow's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Peter Swallow represent?
Peter Swallow is the Member of Parliament for Bracknell. See Peter Swallow's official Parliament profile.
How long has Peter Swallow been an MP?
Peter Swallow has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Peter Swallow's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Peter Swallow?
Peter Swallow has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Peter Swallow's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.