Mr Lee Dillon MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Newbury is Mr Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat).
Offices and committees
Mr Lee Dillon sits on 3 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Backbench Business Committee | 13 November 2025 | Current |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
| Procedure Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Football Governance Bill [HL] | 14 May 2025 | 17 June 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 56641a06bd2e.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 3 entries for Mr Lee Dillon: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Miscellaneous (1), Employment and earnings (1). The most recent was registered on 29 August 2024. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
National Liberal Club - £1,552.86
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Complimentary membership of the NLC from 14 August 2024 until 31 December 2025
- Value of the benefit: £1,552.86
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2024-08-14
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2024-08-14
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-12-31
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Unincorporated association
Thatcham Town Councillor. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Councillor - West Berkshire Council
- Type of work or service being provided: Councillor
- Date the agreement started: 2015-05-07
- Date the agreement ended: 2025-03-04
- Name of the payer: West Berkshire Council
- Agreement - £965.66
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 10712d6661e5. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Mr Lee Dillon's office spent £148,837 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. IPSA lists office spending of £26,390 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. 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 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £148,836.97 |
| Office costs: spent | £26,390.25 |
| Accommodation: spent | £32,874.71 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £5,780.00 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £36,491 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024, with an uplift to cover the cost of three dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Newbury CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Communications Advisor (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term part time), Caseworker (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 363 votes by Mr Lee Dillon in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 28 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 20 May 2026 to 13 October 2026. On 13 October 2026 Mr Lee Dillon voted No on "Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 15 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Mr Lee Dillon has tabled 818 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Education, Home Office, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and 1 other departments.
Special Educational Needs: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the level of risk of SEND reforms reducing access to appropriate provision for children and young people with the most complex needs.
Personation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made towards developing an identity repair solution for victims of identity theft; and when she expects such support to become available.
Extended Services: Recruitment and Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools to recruit and train staff to deliver wraparound childcare, particularly where roles involve split and part-time-only working patterns.
Wraparound Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department provides to schools to (a) collaborate and (b) cluster to deliver wraparound childcare where individual schools are unable to provide adequate capacity.
Sewers: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her department has to implement Section 42 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
Electric Bicycles: Anti-social Behaviour
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the resources and operational support available to police forces to tackle the dangerous or anti-social use of e-bikes in town centres.
Rare Diseases: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's cost-effectiveness methodology adequately reflects the particular circumstances of medicines for rare …
Diabetes: Podiatry
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the department has to improve public awareness of peripheral neuropathy and early signs of diabetes-related foot complications.
Diabetes: Podiatry
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that all Integrated Care Boards have access to multidisciplinary specialist foot-care teams for people with diabetes.
Diabetes: Orthopaedics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the department is taking to reduce the incidence of diabetes-related lower-limb amputations, including by improving early detection of peripheral neuropathy and access to preventative fo …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 26550fdb6e45. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mr Lee Dillon.
2024 general election
Mr Lee Dillon won Newbury at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 19,645 votes (40.1%), a majority of 2,377 over Laura Farris (Conservative). Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Newbury 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.