Andrew Lewin, MP for Welwyn Hatfield
Andrew Lewin has been an MP since 2024.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Representation of the People Bill | 2026 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2025 to 2026 |
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.
Andrew Lewin has 9 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | England and Wales Cricket Board - £250.00 | 3 Sep 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | England and Wales Cricket Board - £270.00 | 3 Sep 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Belgium between 29 April 2025 and 30 April 2025 | 10 Jun 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Best for Britain Ltd - £9,461.62 | 15 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Nicholas McCowan - £1,500.00 | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Best for Britain Ltd - £35,332.32 | 7 Jan 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Best for Britain Ltd - £2,481.90 | 18 Nov 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Best for Britain Limited - £34,469.82 | 2 Oct 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Chair of the UK Trade & Business Commission. This is an unpaid role. | 12 Dec 2024 |
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.
Andrew Lewin asked 15 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.
65 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
Andrew Lewin represents Welwyn Hatfield. 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
Andrew Lewin won with 41% of the votes, and Grant Shapps (Conservative) came second with 33%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Lewin | Labour | 19,877 | 41.0% |
| Grant Shapps | Conservative | 16,078 | 33.2% |
| Jack Aaron | Reform UK | 6,397 | 13.2% |
| John Munro | Liberal Democrat | 3,117 | 6.4% |
| Sarah Butcher | Green Party | 2,986 | 6.2% |
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 Andrew Lewin took part in 232 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Andrew Lewin voted the same way as their party in 230 of the 230 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 | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | 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 |
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% | 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