Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that recreational water users, including paddlers, are considered in the development of the Clean Water Bill, including in relation to public access to inland waterways.
Awaiting answer.
The Westminster lensMP · Conservative and Unionist Party · Sitting since 4 Jul 2024
Lewis Cocking.
Conservative and Unionist Party MP for Broxbourne.
Commons votes
413/526
79% attendance · top 34% of MPs
Party alignment
55%
on whipped divisions
Speeches
562
across 181 debates · 46,281 words
Written Qs
226
225 answered · 1 pending
Dispatch
3 Jun 2026
3 Jun 2026
Partly aligned with the seat’s councils.
Lewis Cocking is the Conservative MP for Broxbourne, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
By issue — what do they vote on most?
Top eight by total divisions voted, this parliament. Volume measures engagement, not direction — see Notable Votes for free-vote moments and rebellions.
Source · The Public Whip · Hansard
Notable votes — free votes & rebellions.
Moments where the whip was free, or where Cocking broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.
No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.
Words spoken, by topic.
Con avg / MP All-MP avgper topic, words per MP
Source · Hansard
Recent contributions.
21 Apr
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
“Backbencher supporting brownfield-first amendments and pavement parking powers; opposing local government reorganisation without consent and criticising housing target increases un…”
20 Apr
Apprenticeships
“Apprenticeships are underutilized; urges shift away from 'dead-end university degrees' toward high-quality apprenticeships, noting 73% of teachers report insufficient employment pr…”
24 Mar
Representation of the People Bill (Third sitting)
“Opposes voting at 16; argues the debate should focus on when adulthood begins rather than arbitrary voting ages and questions the contradiction of allowing votes but not candidacy.”
24 Mar
Representation of the People Bill (Fourth sitting)
“Accepts current registration system works; if automatic registration proceeds, demands simultaneous implementation across all constituencies for fairness; expresses fairness concer…”
Current memberships.
Select, joint and other committees Cocking currently sits on. Committee work is where much of the line-by-line scrutiny of bills and departments happens, away from the chamber.
| Committee | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | Member | Select |
Source · UK Parliament Committees API
What this means.
Committee member
Committee seats are where backbenchers shape legislation and hold departments to account. Cocking sits on one.
Top departments asked.
| Department | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 55 | 24.3% |
| Home Office | 37 | 16.4% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 27 | 11.9% |
| Department for Transport | 24 | 10.6% |
| Treasury | 22 | 9.7% |
| Department for Education | 11 | 4.9% |
| Ministry of Justice | 9 | 4.0% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 8 | 3.5% |
Most recent.
What recent discussions he conducted with dentists before introducing changes to the NHS dentistry contract.
In Summer 2025, the Department ran a full public consultation on our proposed reforms to the dental contract. The consultation ran for six weeks and received almost 2,300 responses, including from those working in the dental sector, from pr…read full →
What date his Department expects to publish the interim statement on the Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care.
We will publish an interim update on the Modern Service Framework (MSF) for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care shortly. The final MSF will be published this autumn.The MSF will provide a clinically-led, evidence-based framework to support…read full →
What steps he is taking to support dental educational supervisors.
The Government recognises the important role dental educational supervisors play in supporting newly qualified dentists.Dental Foundation Training is supported through payments to eligible practices, including the trainers grant for educati…read full →
Register of interests.
Role, work or services: Councillor
Role, work or services: Councillor
From: 6 May 2021. Until: 6 May 2025.
Payer: Hertfordshire County Council, County Hall, Pegs Lane, Hertf… |
Remuneration: £11,751 a year
Remuneration: £11,751 a year
Hours: 10 hrs a month
(Registered 15 July 2024) |
ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Ltd 17 November 2025 to 17 November 2025 |
ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Ltd 25 August 2025 to 25 August 2025 |
ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Ltd 11 July 2025 to 11 July 2025 |
Source · Members API · Last amended 18 Nov 2025
IPSA expenses.
| Category | £ | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 158,607 | 87.5% |
| Office Costs | 19,596 | 10.8% |
| MP Travel | 2,473 | 1.4% |
| Staff Travel | 570 | 0.3% |
| Total · 90 claims | 181,246 | 100% |
Source · IPSA · FY 24_25
| Date | Item | Type | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 9 Jun | What steps he is taking to improve accountability in the health service. | Tabled | Health and Social Care |
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Broxbourne | 15,810 | 36.8% | Won |
2024 — full result, Broxbourne.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis CockingWON | Con | 15,810 | 36.8 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Broxbourne →
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
DivisionsHansard
The Public Whip
Updated 3 Jun 2026
The Public Whip
Updated 3 Jun 2026
SpeechesHansard · 46,281 words
18 Jul 2024 → 2 Jun 2026
18 Jul 2024 → 2 Jun 2026
Written QsMembers API
226 tabled · 225 answered
226 tabled · 225 answered
CommitteesCommittees API
1 current
1 current
RegisterMembers API
5 entries
5 entries
ExpensesIPSA
£181,246 · FY 24_25
£181,246 · FY 24_25
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