About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Dr Caroline Johnson) represents you, and all of the people who live in Sleaford and North Hykeham, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham

Entered the House of Commons on 8 December 2016 — Byelection

Social Media

• @drcarolinej
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Department for Education
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Ministry of Defence
• Department of Health and Social Care: Data Protection
• Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal
• Domestic Waste: Birmingham
• Blood Tests
• NHS: Employers' Contributions

Currently held offices

• Member, Education Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) (since 19 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (19 Dec 2024 to 30 Jan 2025)
• Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Health and Social Care) (19 Jul 2024 to 6 Nov 2024)
• Member, Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill ( 8 May 2024 to 12 May 2024)
• Member, Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (24 Apr 2024 to 14 May 2024)
• Member, Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee (24 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024)
• Member, Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL] Committee ( 1 Mar 2023 to 7 Mar 2023)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) ( 6 Feb 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee (21 Nov 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care ( 8 Sep 2022 to 27 Oct 2022)
• Member, Judicial Review and Courts Bill (27 Oct 2021 to 23 Nov 2021)
• Member, Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (England and Wales) Committee (27 Oct 2021 to 3 Nov 2021)
• Member, Education Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 25 Oct 2022)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 20 Feb 2018)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Stephen Phillips
• Douglas Hogg

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (16 out of 16)
• Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
• Ballot Secrecy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Judicial Review and Courts Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Women and Equalities: Employment: Women 7 May 2025

  To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to support employers in providing single-sex workplace facilities for biological women.

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Domestic Waste: Birmingham 6 May 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with relevant stakeholders to discuss the potential risks to public health posed by uncollected rubbish in Birmingham.

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Blood Tests 6 May 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the NHS accident and emergency departments currently offering an opt out of (a) HIV, (b) Hepatitis B and (c) Hepatitis C testing to all patients requiring a blood test.

More of Dr Caroline Johnson’s recent appearances