Julian Lewis’s voting in Parliament

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

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

• Julian Lewis voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year; comparable Conservative MPs consistently voted for. Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010. Independent, 1 votes, in 2010
• Julian Lewis consistently voted against selling England’s state owned forests; comparable Conservative MPs almost always voted for. Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2011. Independent, 2 votes, in 2011
• Julian Lewis generally voted against new high speed rail infrastructure; comparable Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes 1 vote for, 6 votes against, 1 absence, between 2014–2019. Independent, 9 votes, between 2013–2019
• Julian Lewis generally voted against military action against ISIL (Daesh); comparable Conservative MPs consistently voted for. Show votes 1 vote for, 2 votes against, between 2014–2015. Independent, 3 votes, between 2014–2015

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Julian Lewis

Recent appearances

• UK Defence Industry: Procurement 22 Jun 2022

  Before the Minister moves swiftly on from the deterrent, I would like to take him back to aerospace. In the past he has been generous with his time and has met me to discuss the subject of the war widows, a subject that falls more within his own bailiwick. I have been trying to get a meeting with his colleague, the Minister for Defence Procurement, my hon. Friend the Member for Horsham...

• Ukraine: UK and NATO Military Commitment 20 Jun 2022

  As the expenditure on all the equipment that we have rightly been supplying is operational, will the Minister confirm that it is coming from the Treasury reserve and not from the normal annual defence budget? I gently remind him and the House that, in the first half of the 1980s, we were spending not 2.3% or even 3% of GDP on defence; we were spending between 4.7% and 5.1% of GDP on defence.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Ukraine: Military Aid 20 Jun 2022

  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what further steps he plans to take to assist Ukraine to neutralise the use of long-range artillery against civil and military targets by Russian armed forces; whether equipment, supplied to Ukraine by the UK for this purpose, will include unmanned aerial vehicles and other smart munitions; and if he will make a statement.

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Profile

Independent MP for New Forest East

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

Party was Conservative until 14 Jul 2020

• 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

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

• 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 15 Jul 2020)
• 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)