Member of Parliament for New Forest East
Julian Lewis is the Chairman of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee – in which role he has consistently campaigned for the renewal of the Trident nuclear deterrent submarines and the raising of the Defence budget from 2 per cent to 3 per cent of GDP.

Member of Parliament for New Forest West
Desmond Swayne was born in 1956 and was educated at Bedford School and St Andrews University. He was a school master from 1981 to 1987 and a manager with the Royal Bank of Scotland from 1987 to 1997 when he was elected to Parliament for the New Forest West constituency.