Lee Dillon.

A steady, locally-rooted MP whose most visible recent action was opposing the government's 50% steel import tariff in June 2026 — a position aligned with Liberal Democrat concerns about harm to downstream manufacturers in aerospace and engineering. He has also voted consistently in favour of climate legislation, backing the Draft Carbon Budget Order, regulations bringing international aviation and shipping into the UK's statutory climate framework, and several new clauses in the Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill. In local news, he has been active on Thames Water's sewage discharges in Newbury, calling for the company to be placed into special administration, and has campaigned against inheritance tax changes he says threaten family farms in the constituency.

Dillon votes with the Liberal Democrats 100% of the time and has not rebelled once since entering Parliament in July 2024. His participation rate of 61% is below the Commons average, though new MPs managing casework alongside chamber duties often show lower figures in their first Parliament. His stance profile marks him as strongly pro-parliamentary scrutiny (95%) and pro-business (85%), while sitting well below his party average on fiscal transparency and trade union rights. Speeches across 89 debates have concentrated on economy and jobs, fiscal policy, social care, local government, and housing — a spread that reflects his committee work rather than a single specialist interest.

He sits on three committees: Housing, Communities and Local Government; Procedure; and Backbench Business — a workload that helps explain the breadth of his speech topics. Local news coverage over the past 90 days is high in volume (46 articles) but largely neutral in tone, dominated by culture and community stories rather than political controversy. No significant negative coverage is recorded. Data on longer-term news sentiment and full debate transcripts is limited, making a complete picture of his policy positions harder to draw.