Official portrait of Dr Caroline Johnson

Dr Caroline Johnson

Conservative MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham, since 8 December 2016

Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

Dr Caroline Johnson is the Conservative MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham, and has been an MP continually since 8 December 2016. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care).

Scorecard

71.0% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
408 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
167 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
2 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
4 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
567 Debates spoken in 499 written questions tabled

Ranked 351 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
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Aye 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 369–102
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Aye 115–0
6 Jul 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 No 394–85
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Aye 177–308
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Aye 173–282
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No vote 80–281
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 318–107
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 322–107
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 No 330–93
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 No 329–94
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 No 332–94
24 Jun 2026 Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 323–160
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Aye 112–283
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment No 294–110
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Aye 108–307
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Aye 171–322

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.

1. Employment and earnings

£26,211

Remuneration: £26,211.60 a year Pay has increased from £25,203.60 per annum, first paid from 22 August 2025 (including pay arrears of £336)
From: 25 September 2023.
Hours: 336 hrs a year
(Registered 26 October 2023; updated 4 November 2024 and 20 August 2025)

On the register since 28 Nov 2025

Role, work or services: Consultant paediatrician
Payer: North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, Peterborough City Hospital, Bretton Gate, Bretton PE3 9GZ
Additional information: I am employed on a flexible contract.
(Registered 9 January 2017; updated 27 April 2017, 6 July 2017, 13 March 2020, 16 November 2021, 21 June 2022, 7 October 2022 and 26 October 2023)

On the register since 11 Nov 2024

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Address of donor: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V. Multilateral Dialogue Geneva, Avenue de France 23, CH-1202 Geneva Switzerland
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): For flights, accommodation, meals and local transport, value £1,635.79
Destination of visit: Switzerland
Dates of visit: 14 July 2025 to 17 July 2025
Purpose of visit: Visit to Geneva to represent the Conservative Party at the KAS-IWDU Dialogue Programme for Strategic Exchange on Pushback Against Women’s Rights in International Organisations.
(Registered 5 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

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 (house)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Lincolnshire
Ownership details: Owned jointly with my husband
(Registered 9 January 2017)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

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


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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