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Julian Murray Lewis (born 26 September 1951, in Swansea, Wales) is a British politician and Conservative Member of Parliament for New Forest East in Hampshire. He was a leading opponent of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and other Left-wing organisations, throughout the 1980s. From 1990 to 1996, he worked for the Research Department at Conservative Central Office, but resigned to campaign against Britain joining the single European currency before opposition to the euro was officially adopted by the Conservative Party. He was first elected as an M.P. in 1997. September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... View of Oxford Street in Swansea city centre Marina, formerly South Dock in the Maritime Quarter Aerial view of Swansea Bay Swansea (Welsh: Abertawe, mouth of the Tawe) is a city and county in South Wales, situated on the coast immediately to the east of the Gower Peninsula. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English, Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area  - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² NUTS 1... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... New Forest East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Locally, he successfully opposed the development of a large container port at Dibden Bay, between Marchwood and Hythe. In Parliament he currently holds the position of Shadow Defence Minister. Marchwood is a village located in Hampshire, England. ... The pier at Hythe, Southampton Hythe is a village near Southampton, Hampshire, England. ...


He has been described by Quentin Letts of the Daily Telegraph as "one of the most vigorous rightwingers in the Commons" and by David Hencke of the Guardian as the Conservative Party's "front bench terrier". This article deals with The Daily Telegraph in Britain, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia) for the Australian publication The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ... The examples and perspective in this article do not represent a worldwide view. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... Guardian may refer to: A legal guardian, a person responsible for a ward. ...


His full biography is at: http://www.julianlewis.net/biography.php

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Voting record

The following is a brief summary of Lewis' voting record on high-profile issues:


Bills voted for

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Bills voted against

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