Clive Lewis MP: votes, interests and costs
Clive Lewis represents Norwich South in the House of Commons for Labour and has done since 7 May 2015.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Clive Lewis; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Treasury) | HM Treasury | 12 January 2018 | 10 April 2020 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | 6 October 2016 | 8 February 2017 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | Ministry of Defence | 27 June 2016 | 6 October 2016 |
| Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change) | Department of Energy and Climate Change | 18 September 2015 | 27 June 2016 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research | 18 January 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill | 27 June 2022 | 7 July 2022 |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 8 February 2022 | 30 May 2024 |
| Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] | 19 January 2022 | 27 January 2022 |
| Dormant Assets Bill [HL] | 15 December 2021 | 11 January 2022 |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 11 September 2017 | 27 March 2018 |
| Public Accounts Committee | 7 July 2015 | 26 October 2015 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 9952894adac0.
Register of interests
Clive Lewis has 20 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 4 June 2025 and the latest on 28 September 2026. By category: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (6), Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (6), Miscellaneous (5), Visits outside the UK (2), Employment and earnings (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Norway between 10 September 2026 and 11 September 2026
- Purpose of the visit: Speaking at an event entitled "How does terrorism change our society" as part of a series commemorating the terror attacks in Norway in 2011. Landsorganisasjonen i Norge (the donor) are the Norwegian Trade Union Federation and organised the event.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-09-10
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-09-11
Optimistic Trout Productions CIC - £428.50
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Hospitality received for a speaking engagement at Green Gathering festival. Consists of two tickets (myself and a plus one), one parking pass, a meal and a drink
- Value of the benefit: £428.50
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-30
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-30
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-08-03
- Name of the donor: Optimistic Trout Productions CIC
- Status of the donor: Company
Board member for West Earlham & Bowthorpe Pride in Place. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-07-29
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Womad Festivals Limited - £1,009.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Four tickets (two adult and two child) for Womad Festival 2026, for attendance in relation to a speaking engagement at the World of Words stage. Tickets included parking and camping and a 2-person tent
- Value of the benefit: £1,009.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-24
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-24
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-07-27
- Name of the donor: Womad Festivals Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
Good Law Project Ltd - £500.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: Provision of pro bono support for a complaint to the Charity Commission about the Institute for Economic Affairs (estimate)
- Value of the benefit: £500.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-01
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-01
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-09-30
- Name of the donor: Good Law Project Ltd
Appearance as guest on radio programme - Avalon Television Limited
- Type of work or service being provided: Appearance as guest on radio programme
- Name of the payer: Avalon Television Limited
- Brief description of the payer's business: Broadcast Production Company
- Payment received on 24 April 2026 - £350.00
Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd - £26,210.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Provision of the services of staff to support some of my Parliamentary campaigns and activities (estimate)
- Value of the benefit: £26,210.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-04-01
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-04-01
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2027-04-01
- Name of the donor: Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd
Good Law Project Ltd - £2,700.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: Provision of pro bono support for a complaint to the Charity Commission about the Institute for Economic Affairs (actual amount).
- Value of the benefit: £2,700.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-01-01
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-01-12
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-03-31
- Name of the donor: Good Law Project Ltd
Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd - £254.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: Reimbursement for accommodation paid for as part of attendance at a meeting (exact)
- Value of the benefit: £254.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-12-04
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-12-04
- Name of the donor: Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd
Staff support provided by Trumble Films Ltd. This was previously registered under Category 2(b) but the final value was below the threshold for that category.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-11-07
- Date on which the interest ended: 2025-11-30
- The type of interest: Financial interest or material benefit
Executive Committee Member, British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-11-26
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd - £294.88
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Travel and refreshments provided as part of attendance at a meeting (approximate)
- Value of the benefit: £294.88
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-11-22
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-11-22
- Name of the donor: Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd
Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd - £7.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Ticket provided as part of a speaking engagement, delivering the Robin Cook Memorial Lecture
- Value of the benefit: £7.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-09-18
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-09-18
- Name of the donor: Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd
International visit to Spain between 26 October 2025 and 28 October 2025
- Purpose of the visit: To attend a Parliamentarians forum on the rise of the far right
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-10-26
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-10-28
Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd - £12,299.60
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Provision of the services of staff to support some of my Parliamentary campaigns and activities (actual amount)
- Value of the benefit: £12,299.60
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-11-01
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-11-03
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-03-31
- Name of the donor: Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd
Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd - £13,756.95
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: In-kind support from two members of staff for policy and communications activities. One of these staff members will be providing support while seconded to Mainstream Labour Ltd. Estimated value
- Value of the benefit: £13,756.95
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-10-27
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-10-27
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-10-31
- Name of the donor: Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd
Blue Earth Summit Limited - £695.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: General admission pass to the Blue Earth Summit 2025, as part of a speaking engagement at the summit
- Value of the benefit: £695.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-10-15
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-10-15
- Name of the donor: Blue Earth Summit Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Blue Earth Summit Limited
Vice Chair of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus. The secretariat is provided by Zero Hour Ltd. Related donations that meet the threshold will be registered separately.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-07-15
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd - £6,903.75
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Provision of the services of staff to support some of my Parliamentary campaigns and activities relating to water, via Toussaint Ventures Ltd (actual)
- Value of the benefit: £6,903.75
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-06-23
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-06-23
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-10-31
- Name of the donor: Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd
Editorial Board member, Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy (published by Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd). This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-06-03
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £229,960 for Clive Lewis in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. In 2023-24 it was £231,806. Office costs came to £28,693 of a £33,020 budget. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £229,959.52 | £231,805.80 | £195,988.80 |
| Office costs: spent | £28,692.90 | £27,641.67 | £29,409.29 |
| Accommodation: spent | £28,426.87 | £26,675.88 | £26,250.18 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £5,573.80 | £5,372.10 | £5,424.64 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £35,970 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area, with an uplift to cover the cost of one dependant).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Norwich South BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Research Manager (permanent full time), Administrative Officer (permanent part time), Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Communications Officer (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Clive Lewis is recorded voting in 396 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 49 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 14 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 267 written questions from Clive Lewis since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Business and Trade; Department of Health and Social Care; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Business: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, in relation to his Department’s review of Responsible Business Conduct, if he will (i) set out the process and timeline for completion and (ii) whether he plans to publish the review.
Palantir
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department was informed that staff of Palantir Technologies UK Limited and external consultants had been granted administrative roles providing unrestricted access to identifiable patie …
HMP Wormwood Scrubs: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of healthcare provision for prisoners with neuromuscular and other progressive conditions at HMP Wormwood Scrubs; and what steps he is taking to ensure t …
Water: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ensuring a nationwide presence of offices for the new water regulator in England.
Water: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether steps are being taken to provide staff transferring to a new water regulator in England with (a) a single set of terms and conditions, (b) access to the Civil Service Pension S …
Water: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with trade unions on the proposed new water regulator for England.
Midwives
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support the recruitment and training of midwives and (b) increase the availability of employment opportunities for newly qualified midwives.
Water Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there were (a) formal minutes and (b) formal agendas for the meetings held between Ministers and Water company CEOs for the last three months of 2025.
Science and Technology Facilities Council: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with the Institute of Physics and Royal Astronomical Society on the planned changes to the budget of the Science and Technology Facilities Counci …
Science and Technology Facilities Council: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Department has conducted an impact assessment on changes in the level of funding by the Science and Technology Facilities Council on trends in the level of (a) economic deve …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 b9464f1b1b81. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Clive Lewis.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Norwich South returned Clive Lewis with a majority of 13,239: 21,484 votes, 47.6% of those cast, against 8,245 for Jamie Osborn. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Norwich South figures
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