Sir Julian Lewis MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for New Forest East is Sir Julian Lewis (Conservative), MP there since 1 May 1997.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Sir Julian Lewis; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Defence) | Ministry of Defence | 10 May 2005 | 6 May 2010 |
| Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) | Cabinet Office | 1 July 2004 | 10 May 2005 |
| Shadow Minister (Defence) | Ministry of Defence | 1 July 2002 | 1 July 2004 |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 1 July 2001 | 1 July 2002 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 25 November 2024 | 30 June 2025 |
| Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament | 13 July 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system | 13 February 2019 | 6 November 2019 |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 6 November 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 30 October 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| Defence Sub-Committee | 12 September 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| Defence Committee | 12 July 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 30 November 2015 | 3 May 2017 |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 10 September 2015 | 3 May 2017 |
| Defence Sub-Committee | 8 September 2015 | 3 May 2017 |
| Defence Committee | 18 June 2015 | 3 May 2017 |
| Defence Committee | 3 November 2014 | 30 March 2015 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 92a3d0f1e7e1.
Register of interests
Sir Julian Lewis has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 5 February 2015 and the latest on 25 February 2026. By category: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (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.
Henry Jackson Society - £699.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: I was a participant and panel member in the Reagan/Jackson Security Dialogue held in Cambridge. The hospitality consisted of 2 nights’ stay at the conference hotel (£272.72p per night), and 2 conference dinners - at the Cambridge Union (£77.19p) and at Corpus Christi College(£75.85p)
- Value of the benefit: £699.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-02-18
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-02-18
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-02-19
- Name of the donor: Henry Jackson Society
- Status of the donor: Company
Residential in London
- Date on which the land or property was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2014-12-22
- Location of the land or property: London
- A description of the property: flat
- Date on which the property began generating rental income: 2015-02-05
- 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 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Sir Julian Lewis's office spent £189,928 on staff, from a staffing budget of £250,820, according to IPSA. In 2023-24 it was £170,614. Office costs came to £13,528 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 | £189,927.64 | £170,613.72 | £163,153.39 |
| Office costs: spent | £13,527.52 | £16,556.84 | £16,721.66 |
| Accommodation: spent | £6,593.07 | £6,330.00 | £5,910.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £2,106.39 | £2,226.82 | £2,170.08 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £6,630 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for an MP who owns their property and is claiming the associated costs only (such as utilities)).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: New Forest East CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Researcher (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Sir Julian Lewis voted in the House of Commons: 481 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 45 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 20 October 2026, was an Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Sir Julian Lewis has tabled 226 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Department of Health and Social Care; Department for Transport; and others.
Television Channels
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to maintain the availability of free terrestrial television channels beyond (a) 2029 and (b) 2034; and what assessment she has made of the (i) financial impact on view …
New Forest and Waterside
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take in response to the petition, signed by 30,000 people and delivered to 10 Downing Street on 7 September, on the issue of splitting the local governmen …
New Forest and Waterside
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to next visit the New Forest and Waterside to assess their (a) societal, (b) cultural, (c) economic and (d) historical ties and interdependence.
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria the Infected Blood Compensation Authority applies in deciding which categories of (i) infected people and (ii) bereaved family members will have cases prioritised; and where in that p …
Vehicle Number Plates
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she will take to help tackle the use of vehicle number plates which are (a) false or (b) unreadable by automatic number plate recognition technology, with regard to (i) increasing penalties for (A) u …
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what checks will be introduced to ensure that no-one under 16 can participate in social media; how such age-checks will be introduced for children without age-screening social media part …
Women against State Pension Inequality
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is planning to take support the WASPI women's campaign for redress, in the context of the pledge of support given by the Prime Minister during his by-election campaign.
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Compensation
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will list the instances when recommendations by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman for redress to be paid to successful complainants have been rejected in each of the last three years.
Bus Services: Cycleways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason her Department did not pause the installation of additional floating bus stops until further research on safety had been carried out in the context of the advice of the Disabled Persons Transpor …
Veterans: Mefloquine
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that the MOD Defence Medical Service updates its policy on Mefloquine-damaged veterans to (a) acknowledge the recent confirmation by NHS England that Mefloquine neurotoxicity (i) exists and (ii)
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 ff6a12677a5a. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Sir Julian Lewis.
2024 general election
Sir Julian Lewis won New Forest East at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 17,412 votes (38.5%), a majority of 8,495 over Sasjkia Otto (Labour). Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · New Forest East 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.