Dr Caroline Johnson, MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham
Caroline Johnson has been an MP since 2016. Currently: Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care); Education Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2022 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2024 to now | Now |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Health Bill | 2026 | |
| Rare Cancers Bill | 2025 | |
| Tobacco and Vapes Bill | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Education Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill | 2024 | |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2024 | |
| Tobacco and Vapes Bill | 2024 | |
| Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL] | 2023 |
Show the other 7
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Human Rights (Joint Committee) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Judicial Review and Courts Bill | 2021 | |
| Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (England and Wales) | 2021 | |
| Education Committee | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2017 to 2018 |
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.
Caroline Johnson has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | BBC - £741.00 | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment | Agreement starting 25 September 2023 - £27,129.00 | 26 Oct 2023 |
| Employment and earnings | Consultant paediatrician - North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust | 9 Jan 2017 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Lincolnshire | 9 Jan 2017 |
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.
Caroline Johnson asked 239 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.
63 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
Caroline Johnson represents Sleaford and North Hykeham. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Caroline Johnson won with 36% of the votes, and Hanif Khan (Labour) came second with 27%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Johnson | Conservative | 17,348 | 35.7% |
| Hanif Khan | Labour | 13,002 | 26.8% |
| Benjamin Jackson | Reform UK | 10,484 | 21.6% |
| Robert Oates | Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First | 3,032 | 6.2% |
| Martin Blake | Green Party | 2,435 | 5.0% |
| Matthew Winnington | Liberal Democrat | 2,264 | 4.7% |
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 Caroline Johnson took part in 207 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Caroline Johnson voted the same way as their party in 205 of the 205 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
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% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| 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