About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Julian Lewis) represents you, and all of the people who live in New Forest East, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Conservative MP for New Forest East

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

Party was Conservative until 14 Jul 2020; Independent until 29 Dec 2020

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Julian Lewis campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

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

Currently held offices

• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (since 25 Nov 2024)
• Chair, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (since 15 Jul 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Chair, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (15 Jul 2020 to 16 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (15 Jul 2020 to 16 Mar 2015)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (13 Jul 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system (13 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) ( 6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (30 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Defence Sub-Committee (12 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Defence Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Defence Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (30 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Defence Sub-Committee ( 8 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Defence Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Defence Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls ( 3 Nov 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls ( 3 Nov 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls ( 3 Nov 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls ( 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)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (13 Sep 2010 to 15 Jul 2020)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (13 Sep 2010 to 15 Jul 2020)
• 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)
• Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Justice and Security Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Marine Safety Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• International Development Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)

Recent appearances

• Cumberlege Review: Pelvic Mesh — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] 5 Dec 2024

  Listening to the heartfelt contributions of so many new colleagues, I get the impression that most if not all of them had, like me, never heard of this problem until a constituent walked into their surgery and told them of the terrible experience that they had had. I have a practical suggestion: at the end of this debate, which will no doubt follow in the footsteps of several previous debates...

• Cumberlege Review: Pelvic Mesh — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] 5 Dec 2024

  Exactly right. That is why my constituent said at the time, “I do not want anyone from the hospital coming near me ever again. I have lost complete faith in them. I have been lied to and told repeatedly that it was my body rejecting the mesh. But unbelievably they kept putting more in.” Over this period of six or more years I have probably tabled about 12 or 15 questions for written...

• Cumberlege Review: Pelvic Mesh — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] 5 Dec 2024

  That being said, Mr Stringer, I am absolutely delighted that the hon. Lady made that intervention. When someone of her expertise and experience says that even she had not realised the scale of this issue, it shows the magnitude of the task that faces us. This is every bit as bad as we heard in the excellent introduction from the hon. Member for Harlow (Chris Vince)—I apologise for not...

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