Dr Julian Lewis MP

Julian was elected as the Conservative MP for New Forest East in May 1997 and re-elected in June 2001 and in May 2005 with a greatly increased majority.

He is the Shadow Defence Minister with responsibility for the Royal Navy – serving in this role continuously since November 2002, apart from a period as Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office in the run-up to the 2005 General Election.

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To see Tam Dalyell and then Julian challenging Prime Minister Blair on failure to capture Iraqi documents, 14 May 2003, click here.

To listen to the Defence Select Committee and then Julian interviewed by John Humphrys on the Today programme about body armour in Iraq, 22 January 2004, click here.

To see Julian challenging Prime Minister Blair on the Arctic Star, 10 November 2004, click here.

To hear Lord (David) Clark and then Julian interviewed on the Today programme about the Freedom of Information Act,
1 January 2005, click here.

To see Julian on BBC Television News commenting on the crisis in the Royal Navy, 16 February 2007, click here.

To see Julian challenging Prime Minister Blair on warship cuts, 23 May 2007, click here, then move the sliding control to the 30:00 point.

To see Julian challenging Prime Minister Brown on warship cuts, 18 July 2007, click here, then move the sliding control to the 20:35 point.

To see Defence Secretary Des Browne and Julian commenting briefly on casualties in Iraq, 13 August 2007, click here.

To hear Julian and Evan Harris MP on the Today programme debating freedom of speech and privileged platforms at the Oxford Union for political extremists,
26 November 2007, click here.

To see Julian challenging Prime Minister Brown on the abolition of DESO and the resignation of Lord Drayson,
12 December 2007, click here.

The New Forest East constituency was created at the 1997 General Election. A fifth of its electors came from the former New Forest seat; four-fifths came from the former Romsey and Waterside seat. A full description of New Forest East was included in Julian's maiden speech.

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Tel. 023-8081 4817