Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South
Clive Lewis has been an MP since 2015.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2018 to 2020 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (Ministry of Defence) | 2016 | |
| Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change) (Department of Energy and Climate Change) | 2015 to 2016 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill | 2022 | |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] | 2022 | |
| Dormant Assets Bill [HL] | 2021 to 2022 | |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2017 to 2018 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2015 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Clive Lewis has 39 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Optimistic Trout Productions CIC - £428.50 | 7 Aug 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 10 July 2026 - £200.00 | 7 Aug 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Board member for West Earlham & Bowthorpe Pride in Place. This is an unpaid role. | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Womad Festivals Limited - £1,009.00 | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 10 July 2026 - £200.00 | 14 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Good Law Project Ltd - £500.00 | 2 Jul 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 24 April 2026 - £350.00 | 11 Jun 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Appearance as guest on radio programme - Avalon Television Limited | 11 Jun 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 16 April 2026 - £453.30 | 12 May 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd - £26,210.00 | 16 Apr 2026 |
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| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 01 April 2026 - £400.00 | 16 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 19 March 2026 - £480.64 | 16 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Good Law Project Ltd - £2,700.00 | 12 Jan 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment expected for services on 08 December 2025 - £100.00 | 10 Dec 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment expected for services on 10 December 2025 - £100.00 | 10 Dec 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd - £254.00 | 5 Dec 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Staff support provided by Trumble Films Ltd. This was previously registered under Category 2(b) but the final value was below the threshold for that category. | 30 Nov 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Executive Committee Member, British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union | 27 Nov 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd - £7.00 | 27 Nov 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd - £294.88 | 27 Nov 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Spain between 26 October 2025 and 28 October 2025 | 6 Nov 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd - £12,299.60 | 4 Nov 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd - £13,756.95 | 28 Oct 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Blue Earth Summit Limited - £695.00 | 16 Oct 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment expected for services on 29 September 2025 - £150.00 | 14 Oct 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment expected for services on 08 September 2025 - £150.00 | 14 Oct 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Vice Chair of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus. The secretariat is provided by Zero Hour Ltd. Related donations that meet the threshold will be registered separately. | 21 Jul 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd - £6,903.75 | 23 Jun 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Crowdfunder run by myself (via Toussaint Ventures Ltd) to raise funds to support my political activities. Donations that meet the threshold will be registered under Category 2. | 4 Jun 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Chair of the British Caribbean Association | 4 Jun 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Editorial Board member, Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy (published by Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd). This is an unpaid role. | 4 Jun 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Provision of Pro Bono support for a complaint to the Charity Commission about the Institute for Economic Affairs. (Registrable donations will be listed under Category 2.) | 20 May 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Writing articles - Byline Media Holdings Ltd | 28 Apr 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Joint crowdfunder between myself (via Toussaint Ventures Ltd) and Compass - Together for a Good Society Ltd, to raise funds to support my political activities and water campaign. Donations that meet the threshold will be registered under Category 2. | 23 Feb 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Governor at Lakenham Primary School, Norwich. This is an upaid role. | 14 Feb 2025 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Toussaint Ventures Ltd | 8 Aug 2022 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Director of Toussaint Ventures Ltd, which provides support for my political campaigning and activities. | 8 Aug 2022 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Norwich | 23 Jul 2019 |
| Employment and earnings | Writing an article | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Clive Lewis asked 86 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
76 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Clive Lewis represents Norwich South. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Clive Lewis won with 48% of the votes, and Jamie Osborn (Green Party) came second with 18%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Lewis | Labour | 21,484 | 47.6% |
| Jamie Osborn | Green Party | 8,245 | 18.3% |
| David Thomas | Conservative | 5,806 | 12.9% |
| Graham Burton | Reform UK | 5,227 | 11.6% |
| Sean Bennett | Liberal Democrat | 3,577 | 7.9% |
| Linda Law | Party of Women | 455 | 1.0% |
| Elizabeth Davey | Independent | 301 | 0.7% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Clive Lewis took part in 138 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Clive Lewis voted the same way as their party in 137 of the 138 votes where parties gave instructions (99%), and went the other way in 1.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (1)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: the first main vote | Against | For |
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 88% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this