Dr Caroline Johnson MP: votes, interests and costs
Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative) is the MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham, in the seat since 8 December 2016. Current post: Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care), held since 19 July 2024.
Offices and committees
Dr Caroline Johnson holds this post, according to the Parliament Members API.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) | Department of Health and Social Care | 19 July 2024 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Education Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) | Department of Health and Social Care | 8 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Health Bill | 11 June 2026 | 16 July 2026 |
| Rare Cancers Bill | 26 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
| Tobacco and Vapes Bill | 19 December 2024 | 30 January 2025 |
| Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill | 8 May 2024 | 12 May 2024 |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 24 April 2024 | 1 May 2024 |
| Tobacco and Vapes Bill | 24 April 2024 | 14 May 2024 |
| Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL] | 1 March 2023 | 7 March 2023 |
| Human Rights (Joint Committee) | 6 February 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Health and Social Care Committee | 21 November 2022 | 30 May 2024 |
| Judicial Review and Courts Bill | 27 October 2021 | 23 November 2021 |
| Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (England and Wales) | 27 October 2021 | 3 November 2021 |
| Education Committee | 2 March 2020 | 25 October 2022 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 1ab44b1793da.
Register of interests
Dr Caroline Johnson has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 9 January 2017 and the latest on 30 September 2026. By category: Visits outside the UK (1), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Employment and earnings (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Taiwan between 16 September 2026 and 23 September 2026
- Purpose of the visit: Travelled to Taiwan with the British-Taiwanese APPG as part of a parliamentary delegation with a particular focus on Taiwan's medical institutions and public health systems.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-09-16
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-09-23
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: British-Taiwanese APPG
BBC - £741.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Travel in relation to my appearance on BBC Any Questions (£714), meal before show (£17) and soft drink estimate (£10)
- Value of the benefit: £741.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-26
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-26
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-06-26
- Name of the donor: BBC
- Status of the donor: Other
Consultant paediatrician - North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Type of work or service being provided: Consultant paediatrician
- Name of the payer: North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Agreement starting 25 September 2023 - £27,129.00
Residential in Lincolnshire
- Location of the land or property: Lincolnshire
- A description of the property: house
- Details about the ownership arrangements: Owned jointly with my husband
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Dr Caroline Johnson's 2024-25 staffing spend as £166,182 (budget £250,820). The figure for 2023-24 was £126,846. IPSA lists office spending of £19,213 in the same year. 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 | £166,182.46 | £126,846.18 | £116,036.00 |
| Office costs: spent | £19,213.11 | £21,879.58 | £16,071.88 |
| Accommodation: spent | £39,443.50 | £36,990.83 | £35,163.12 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £4,347.77 | £6,751.99 | £5,884.95 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £49,330 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area, with an uplift to cover the cost of three dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Sleaford and North Hykeham CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Apprentice (apprentice full time), Senior Executive Officer (permanent full time), Senior Executive Officer (fixed term full time), Administrative Officer (fixed term full time), Researcher (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Dr Caroline Johnson voted in the House of Commons: 446 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 40 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 20 October 2026 Dr Caroline Johnson voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
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 477 written questions from Dr Caroline Johnson since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she intends to respond to the Hughes Report.
NHS: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many remediable service statements have been a) issued, b) connected, c) connected and reissued, d) calculated and not issued, and e) not yet calculated to members of NHS pension scheme.
NHS: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many remedial pension savings statements have been a) issued, b) connected, c) connected and reissued; d) calculated and not issued, and e) not yet calculated to members of NHS pension scheme.
Medicine: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she intends double the number of medical school places.
Health Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish her workforce plan.
Local Government: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Local Government Reorganisation in Lincolnshire on funding for the North Hykeham Relief Road.
NHS England: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the estimated costs of making provisions for transfer schemes of connection with the abolition of the NHS England.
NHS England: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to public purse of the creation and enactment of transfer schemes in connection with the abolition of the NHS England.
Medicine: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he expects NHS England’s review of the preference informed allocation method to be completed before the abolition of NHS England.
NHS: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) number of hours of worked and (b) actual costs to date, (c) estimated future costs of external consultants in relation to the abolition of (a) Healt …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 c0137370b871. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Dr Caroline Johnson.
2024 general election
Dr Caroline Johnson won Sleaford and North Hykeham at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 17,348 votes (35.7%), a majority of 4,346 over Hanif Khan (Labour). Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Sleaford and North Hykeham figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.