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

89.4% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
513 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 1 as teller
61 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
8 Interests declared 4 at £5,000 or more
87 Debates spoken in 34 written questions tabled

Ranked 31 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
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 No 233–254
11 Jun 2025 Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 350–176
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Third Reading Aye 306–174
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 114 No 78–309
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 85 No 107–314
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 No 73–312
10 Jun 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu Aye 304–189
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 No 180–307
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 15 No 73–323
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No 167–334
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 No 113–335
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Third Reading Aye 264–99
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 24 No 164–273
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 16 No 100–339
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4 No 171–274
3 Jun 2025 Motion to Disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 49F (Data Use and Access Bill) Aye 317–185
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 Aye 329–101
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 315–184
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 319–180
22 May 2025 Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D Aye 195–124
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Immigration No 83–267
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Business and the economy No 88–253
16 May 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 No 243–279
16 May 2025 Closure motion Aye 288–239
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 52 Aye 366–98

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

£33,542

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, to an estimated value of £33,542.32 for the period 1st July 2025 to 30th September 2025, value £33,542.32
Date received: 1 July 2025 to 30 September 2025
Date accepted: 1 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 10436078
(Registered 9 July 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 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

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

87 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 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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