New Forest East.

A near-total Conservative loyalist with one notable exception, Julian Lewis voted in favour of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill at Second Reading in November 2024 -- breaking with his party to back legislation creating a generational smoking ban. Beyond that single rebellion, he has voted consistently with the Conservative whip, including supporting a Privileges Committee referral for Keir Starmer over the Mandelson appointment and opposing government powers to direct pension fund investments. His most distinctive recent stance is an emphatic commitment to Lords scrutiny: he scores 100% on pro-lords-scrutiny votes and has repeatedly backed the upper chamber's amendments to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill against government attempts to overturn them.

At 77% voting participation -- slightly below the Commons average -- Lewis is an active parliamentary debater rather than a pure division-lobby presence. His 613 contributions across 466 debates are dominated by defence (223 contributions), reflecting long-standing specialist interest in intelligence and security matters built up over nearly three decades in Parliament. He deviates from his party most notably on assisted dying, where he leans more against than the Conservative average, and on transport issues. His stance profile shows strong alignment with parliamentary scrutiny (95%) and business-friendly positions (91%), but very low alignment with workers' rights (6%) and progressive taxation (3%).

Locally, Lewis has been prominently active in opposing proposed boundary changes that would split the Waterside area from the New Forest -- writing to ministers, coordinating cross-party council opposition, and securing ongoing press coverage across the past year. He also led a Westminster Hall debate on stab-proof vests for prison officers in March 2026. No committee roles are currently recorded for him.