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
12 Feb 2025 Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 deferred division No 320–178
11 Feb 2025 Water (Special Measures) Bill - Government motion to insist on Commons Amendment 2 and to propose Amendment (a) in lieu No vote 331–65
10 Feb 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Second Reading No 333–109
10 Feb 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading Aye 115–354
3 Feb 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: Second Reading No vote 343–87
28 Jan 2025 Water (Special Measures) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 9 No vote 73–321
28 Jan 2025 Water (Special Measures) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No vote 180–325
28 Jan 2025 Water (Special Measures) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 16 No vote 181–322
28 Jan 2025 Women’s State Pension age (Ombudsman report and compensation scheme): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 105–0
24 Jan 2025 Motion to adjourn debate No vote 120–7
21 Jan 2025 draft Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 No vote 352–75
21 Jan 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill Report Stage: Amendment 2 No vote 76–349
21 Jan 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 Aye 191–338
21 Jan 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill Report Stage: Amendment 9 Aye 192–338
15 Jan 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Report Stage: Third Reading No 341–171
15 Jan 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 7 Aye 172–341
15 Jan 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 Aye 174–340
15 Jan 2025 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 Aye 175–342
15 Jan 2025 Draft Clean Heat Market Mechanism Regulations 2024 deferred division No 424–109
15 Jan 2025 Draft Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024 deferred division No 423–77
15 Jan 2025 Draft Electricity Capacity Mechanism (Amendment) Regulations 2024 deferred division No 418–78
14 Jan 2025 Renters' Rights Bill: Third Reading No 440–111
14 Jan 2025 Renters' Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 Aye 186–360
14 Jan 2025 Renters' Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 57 Aye 118–434
14 Jan 2025 Renters' Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 20 Aye 181–363

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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