John Swinfen

John Swinfen (19 March 1613 – 12 April 1694) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1645 and 1691. He supported the Parliamentary cause in a civil capacity in the English Civil War.

Swinfen was probably the son of Richard Swinfen, of Swinfen, Staffordshire. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge and graduated BA in 1632. In 1645, Swinfen was elected Member of Parliament for Stafford in the Long Parliament. He was excluded in Pride's Purge in 1648. He was one of the Parliamentary Commissioners for Staffordshire.

In 1659, Swinfen was elected MP for Tamworth in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He died at the age of 81 and was buried at Weeford, Staffordshire.

Swinfen married Ann Brandreth, daughter of John Brandreth and Jane Weston.