Official portrait of Andrew Lewin

Andrew Lewin

Labour MP for Welwyn Hatfield, since 4 July 2024

Andrew Lewin is the Labour MP for Welwyn Hatfield, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

89.3% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
526 Votes cast out of 590 divisions, plus 1 as teller
63 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
9 Interests declared 3 at £5,000 or more
91 Debates spoken in 34 written questions tabled

Ranked 31 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. 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

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading Aye 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Aye 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 No 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division Aye 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Aye 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 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 Aye 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 369–102

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.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Nicholas McCowan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,500 private donation in a private capacity to support my campaigning work as MP
Donor status: individual
(Registered 31 March 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

£9,461

Name of donor: Best for Britain Ltd
Address of donor: International House, 36-38 Cornhill, London EC3V 3NG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Secretariat, meeting room and meeting catering, research, graphic design, printing, transcription and communication services provided to the members of the UK Trade and Business Commission of which I am chair, for the period 1st April 2026 to 7th May (value has been estimated), value £9,461.62
Date received: 1 April 2026 to 7 May 2026
Date accepted: 1 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 10436078
(Registered 15 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

£35,332

Name of donor: Best for Britain Ltd
Address of donor: International House, 36-38 Cornhill, London EC3V 3NG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Secretariat, meeting room and meeting catering, research, graphic design, printing, transcription and communication services provided to the members of the UK Trade and Business Commission of which I am chair, (estimated), value £35,332.32
Date received: 1 January 2026 to 31 March 2026
Date accepted: 1 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 10436078
(Registered 7 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

Name of donor: Best for Britain Ltd
Address of donor: International House, 36-38 Cornhill, London EC3V 3NG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A visit by the UK Trade and Business Commission, of which I am co-convener, to Brussels on 6th November 2025 including transport for secretariat staff and attendees, secretariat services and staff time, expert advice and meeting room hire to a total estimated value of £2,481.90, value £2,481.90
Date received: 6 November 2025
Date accepted: 6 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 10436078
(Registered 18 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

£34,469

Name of donor: Best for Britain Limited
Address of donor: International House, 36-38 Cornhill, London EC3V 3NG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Secretariat, meeting room and meeting catering, research, graphic design, printing, transcription and communication services provided to the members of the UK Trade and Business Commission of which I am chair, to an estimated value of £34,469.82 for the period 1st October 2025 to 31st December 2025, value £34,469.82
Date received: 1 October 2025 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 1 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 10436078
(Registered 2 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: England and Wales Cricket Board
Address of donor: Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood, London NW8 8QZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One ticket and hospitality at the Chairs Box at Lords, to watch a day of the New Zealand Test Match (value has been estimated), value £250
Date received: 7 June 2026
Date accepted: 7 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 03251364
(Registered 3 September 2026)

On the register since 8 Sep 2026

Name of donor: England and Wales Cricket Board
Address of donor: Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood, London NW8 8QZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to watch the Pakistan Test Match at Lords (£135 each ticket, no hospitality included), value £270
Date received: 27 August 2026
Date accepted: 27 August 2026
Donor status: company, registration 03251364
(Registered 3 September 2026)

On the register since 8 Sep 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Best for Britain Ltd
Address of donor: International House, 36-38 Cornhill, London EC3V 3NG
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Transport to and from Brussels, accommodation and meals while in Brussels for one night (estimated), value £581.90
Destination of visit: Belgium (Brussels)
Dates of visit: 29 April 2025 to 30 April 2025
Purpose of visit: Promotion of improved UK-EU relations and to attend meetings relating to my role as Chair of the UK Trade and Business Commission.
(Registered 10 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Chair of the UK Trade & Business Commission. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 5 December 2024
(Registered 12 December 2024)

On the register since 17 Dec 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

8 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £180,098 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
1 Apr 2026 Andrew Lewin sitting MP Best for Britain Ltd Company Non Cash Administration services £9,461
1 Jan 2026 Andrew Lewin sitting MP Best for Britain Ltd Company Non Cash Administration services £35k
6 Nov 2025 Andrew Lewin sitting MP Best for Britain Ltd Company Non Cash Travel £2,481
1 Oct 2025 Andrew Lewin sitting MP Best for Britain Ltd Company Non Cash Administration services £34k
1 Jul 2025 Andrew Lewin sitting MP Best for Britain Ltd Company Non Cash Administration services £34k
1 Apr 2025 Andrew Lewin sitting MP Best for Britain Ltd Company Non Cash Other £33k
10 Feb 2025 Andrew Lewin sitting MP Best for Britain Ltd Company Non Cash Hospitality £6,239
1 Jan 2025 Andrew Lewin sitting MP Best for Britain Ltd Company Non Cash Administration services £26k

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 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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