Official portrait of Sir Julian Lewis

Sir Julian Lewis

Conservative MP for New Forest East, since 1 May 1997

The Rt Hon Sir Julian Lewis is the Conservative MP for New Forest East, and has been an MP continually since 1 May 1997.

Scorecard

77.7% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
446 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 1 as teller
128 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
2 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
2351 Debates spoken in 713 written questions tabled

Ranked 218 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
25 Mar 2025 Great British Energy Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 314–198
25 Mar 2025 Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 No 319–166
25 Mar 2025 Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 14 No 320–179
25 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 13 No 320–180
25 Mar 2025 Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 316–180
25 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 322–117
25 Mar 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 316–183
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 21B No 314–196
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8B No 313–194
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5B No vote 311–192
25 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B No vote 312–190
24 Mar 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Second Reading No vote 330–74
19 Mar 2025 Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment Aye 177–293
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 21 No 316–187
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 No 316–189
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 No 313–190
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 No 314–187
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 No 310–183
19 Mar 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 No 307–182
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Third Reading No 382–104
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 210 Aye 167–324
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 209 Aye 107–324
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 No vote 77–315
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No vote 77–313
17 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 171 No vote 65–317

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Henry Jackson Society
Address of donor: Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: I was a participant and panel member in the Reagan/Jackson Security Dialogue held in Cambridge. The hospitality consisted of 2 nights’ stay at the conference hotel (£272.72p per night), and 2 conference dinners - at the Cambridge Union (£77.19p) and at Corpus Christi College(£75.85p), value £699
Date received: 18 February 2026 to 19 February 2026
Date accepted: 18 February 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07465741
(Registered 25 February 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Interest held: from 22 December 2014
Rental income: from 5 February 2015
(Registered 5 February 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

2351 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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