Julian Lewis’s voting in Parliament

Julian Lewis is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.

However, Julian Lewis sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Julian Lewis consistently voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year, while most Conservative MPs consistently voted for. Show votes
• Julian Lewis consistently voted against selling England’s state owned forests, while most Conservative MPs almost always voted for. Show votes
• Julian Lewis consistently voted against new high speed rail infrastructure, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Julian Lewis generally voted against military action against ISIL (Daesh), while most Conservative MPs consistently voted for. Show votes
• Julian Lewis almost always voted against university tuition fees, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Julian Lewis generally voted against allowing marriage between two people of same sex, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Julian Lewis’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Julian Lewis’s full vote analysis page for more.

Julian Lewis has quite often rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Business of the House 15 Sep 2016

  Since the second world war, the BBC monitoring service at Caversham Park has performed a vital service in providing open source intelligence, and the Secretary of State for Defence confirmed at Defence questions on Monday that it is of vital interest to his Department. Today, an important letter on the same subject from Lord Campbell, the former Liberal Democrat leader, comes to the same...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Type 26 and General Purpose Frigates 12 Sep 2016

  Is it not a fact that BAE Systems is ready to start cutting steel right now, and all that is holding things up is a lack of funds in the MOD’s budget? If we do not start building these ships on time, we will doubtless end up with the same old story: we will drop below the already inadequate total of 19 frigates and destroyers, or else we will have to pay a lot more money to keep old...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Topical Questions 12 Sep 2016

  Thank you, good Speaker. Will the Secretary of State confirm that the service provided by BBC Monitoring to open-source intelligence is of vital interest to the MOD? Does he agree that it would be totally unacceptable if the BBC inflicted swingeing cuts in the Monitoring service, as is proposed, including the closure of Caversham Park?

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Profile

Conservative MP for New Forest East

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

• Maiden speech
• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Defence
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Home Department
• Cabinet Office
• Health
• Warships
• Departmental Files
• Iraq
• Simon Mann
• Aircraft Carriers

Currently held offices

• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee) (since 10 Feb 2016)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (since 30 Nov 2015)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 10 Sep 2015)
• Member, Defence Sub-Committee (since 8 Sep 2015)
• Chair, Defence Committee (since 18 Jun 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee) (3 Nov 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Defence Committee (3 Nov 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (13 Sep 2010 to 16 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Defence) (10 May 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (1 Jul 2004 to 10 May 2005)
• Shadow Minister (Defence) (1 Jul 2002 to 1 Jul 2004)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (1 Jul 2001 to 1 Jul 2002)
• Member, Defence Committee (3 Feb 2000 to 29 Oct 2001)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (22 Jun 1998 to 11 May 2001)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Specialist Printing Equipment and Materials (Offences) bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Justice and Security Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Marine Safety Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• International Development Bill Committee (4 out of 4)

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• Has spoken in 68 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Julian Lewis’s speeches
• Has received answers to 39 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2015: MP did not accept messages via WriteToThem.
• Has voted in 75.89% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 41 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 115 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Julian Lewis’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 968 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)