Member of Parliament
Dr Caroline Johnson
Conservative MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)
At a glanceDr Caroline Johnson is a Conservative MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham, and has represented the seat for 9 years, 7 months. They currently serve as Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care). They have cast 408 votes in Commons divisions (71% attendance), tabled 499 written questions and registered 4 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Dr Caroline Johnson did not vote in 167. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care).
Current roles
- Health Bill Committee since 11 Jun 2026
- Rare Cancers Bill Committee since 26 Jun 2025
- Education Committee Committee since 21 Oct 2024
- Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) Opposition post · Department of Health and Social Care since 19 Jul 2024
- Sleaford and North Hykeham Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Conservative Party since 8 Dec 2016
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Damian Hinds
Conservative
100.0% · 388 of 388 shared votes
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Dr Andrew Murrison
Conservative
100.0% · 387 of 387 shared votes
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Edward Argar
Conservative
100.0% · 387 of 387 shared votes
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Mims Davies
Conservative
100.0% · 384 of 384 shared votes
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Sir Julian Lewis
Conservative
100.0% · 373 of 373 shared votes
Votes least like
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Michael Payne
Labour
0.9% · 3 of 319 shared votes
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Kerry McCarthy
Labour
1.1% · 4 of 350 shared votes
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Ellie Reeves
Labour
1.2% · 3 of 246 shared votes
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Emily Thornberry
Labour
1.4% · 3 of 220 shared votes
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Sarah Edwards
Labour
1.5% · 4 of 270 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Employment and earnings1
- Consultant paediatrician - North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust (registered 9 Jan 2017)
Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment1
- Agreement starting 25 September 2023 - £26,211.60 (registered 26 Oct 2023)
Visits outside the UK1
- International visit to Switzerland between 14 July 2025 and 17 July 2025 (registered 5 Aug 2025)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)1
- Residential in Lincolnshire (registered 9 Jan 2017)
Written questions
NHS: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) number of hours of worked and (b) actual costs to date, (c) estimated future costs of external consultants in relation to the abolition of (a) Healt
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
An impact assessment on patient safety measures has been undertaken and published alongside the introduction of the Health Bill 2026. This document contains the following impact assessments, including sections on current estimates of transfer costs: Aboli...
Health Services Safety Investigation Body and Healthwatch England
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the likely cost of abolition of (a) HealthWatch England, (b) Health Service Safety Investigation Body (HSSIB) and (c) the development and enactment of trans
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
An impact assessment on patient safety measures has been undertaken and published alongside the introduction of the Health Bill 2026. This document contains the following impact assessments, including sections on current estimates of transfer costs: Aboli...
NHS England: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the estimated costs of making provisions for transfer schemes of connection with the abolition of the NHS England.
Answer · 17 Jul 2026
Any costs associated with creating and implementing transfer schemes will form part of the overall costs of the DHSC-NHSE Transformation Programme. Further details on expenditure related to the closure of NHS England will be reported in our Annual Account...
NHS England: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to public purse of the creation and enactment of transfer schemes in connection with the abolition of the NHS England.
Answer · 17 Jul 2026
Any costs associated with creating and implementing transfer schemes will form part of the overall costs of the DHSC-NHSE Transformation Programme. Further details on expenditure related to the closure of NHS England will be reported in our Annual Account...
NHS England: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the estimated (a) number and (b) cost of the redundancies due to the abolition of the NHS England; and what information his Department has (c) sent to and (
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
An impact assessment on patient safety measures has been undertaken and published alongside the introduction of the Health Bill 2026. This document contains the following impact assessments, including sections on current estimates of transfer costs: Aboli...
RAF Waddington: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Defence Investment Plan on proposals to improve single living accommodation at RAF Waddington.
Answer · 6 Jul 2026
As set out in the Defence Investment Plan (DIP), the Ministry of Defence is investing £1.4 billion in the modernisation and renewal of Single Living Accommodation (SLA) as part of its commitment to creating a defence estate that better meets the needs of ...
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Defence Investment Plan on Project Meharist.
Answer · 6 Jul 2026
Planning to deliver Project Meharist is progressing. Following publication of the Defence Investment Plan, the intention remains to deliver this critical Defence capability. The programme will continue to be kept under review to ensure it remains aligned ...
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisations, bodies, trade unions and other stakeholders have been (a) provided with advance sight of and (b) briefed on the contents of the forthcoming Workforce Plan.
Answer · 19 Jun 2026
We have undertaken an extensive programme of engagement to support the development the 10 Year Workforce Plan. This has included meeting with trade unions, education partners, Royal Colleges, think tanks, charities and system partners. This engagement has...
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
I echo the Minister’s thanks to the Clerks, House staff and others, as well as members of the Committee. Leaving aside the heat, I have also enjoyed our exchanges. I hope that the Minister has a good recess and that she does well in the up…
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
Under the previous Conservative Government, the NHS constitution was updated with a commitment to guarantee that “those in the armed forces, reservists, their families and veterans are not disadvantaged in accessing health services in t…
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
I would like to move the new clause. We see hospices in huge financial distress at the moment, and we need to get their funding on a more certain footing. New Clause 109 Hospices revenue funding “The Secretary of State must ensure…
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
New clause 109, tabled in my name, is very simple, requiring hospice funding to be provided in three-year blocks. Hospices are struggling under the weight of the national insurance rise in the Government’s first Budget, so they would benef…
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
The Government’s 10-year health plan says that reducing hospital admissions is a key goal for the neighbourhood health service. These new clauses could help, because they would require the Secretary of State to support self-care and health…
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
Yes, I accept that it has taken too long, and that is the point. I assume that it must be ready to go, because the Minister has been working on having it published by the end of June, and we are in the middle of July. The Minister can info…
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
The Minister said that the plan is being developed with the pace that is needed, but it is not. It was due to have been published already, but it has not been. It was due to have been published, then a later promise was made, and now she i…
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. During a Westminster Hall debate in December, a Government Minister said: “In the coming months, in the first half of next year, I confirm that we will publish the acquired brain …
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
The new clause deliberately says that applicants would be prioritised based on merit, and it gives examples of ways in which merit might be judged. I understand what the Minister says about some people getting the job of their choice, but …
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
It would amend the relevant part of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026, so that when people are put forward for these jobs in the foundation programme, it should be done on the basis of merit. At the moment, as the hon. Member …
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
Correct.
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. Under the Government’s preference-informed allocation scheme, when a doctor is applying for a foundation post, they are allocated randomly to a job. They get to express a preference,…
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
There are fewer than 100 students who are British citizens studying in Malta this year. Many of them have struggled to get a role on the foundation scheme. The Government have created a situation in which a British student doing a British …
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
New clause 87 would amend the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 so that British citizens who have studied at international branch campuses of UK higher education institutions can be prioritised for foundation programme training pl…
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
If the hon. Lady is correct, she will not be perturbed by the new clause, which simply says that general practitioners must be able to directly refer patients to consultants when clinical need requires it. I would like to press the new cla…
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
If they are, they can use the advice and guidance service. The point is that when a general practitioner wants to refer his or her patient to a consultant on the basis of their clinical need, they should be able to. That is the purpose of …
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
I think we are all getting busier. As such, it is harder for clinicians in primary care to phone the consultant and speak to them, because both are busy and potentially seeing patients. I am not criticising the ability to have an advice an…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) · Department of Health and Social Care 8 Sep 2022 – 27 Oct 2022
Committee memberships
- Tobacco and Vapes Bill 19 Dec 2024 – 30 Jan 2025
- Human Rights (Joint Committee) 6 Feb 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Health and Social Care Committee 21 Nov 2022 – 30 May 2024
- Tobacco and Vapes Bill 24 Apr 2024 – 14 May 2024
- Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill 8 May 2024 – 12 May 2024
- Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill 24 Apr 2024 – 1 May 2024
- Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL] 1 Mar 2023 – 7 Mar 2023
- Education Committee 2 Mar 2020 – 25 Oct 2022
- Judicial Review and Courts Bill 27 Oct 2021 – 23 Nov 2021
- Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (England and Wales) 27 Oct 2021 – 3 Nov 2021
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee 11 Sep 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Health and Social Care Committee 11 Sep 2017 – 20 Feb 2018
Previous seats
- Sleaford and North Hykeham · Elected 3 times 8 Dec 2016 – 30 May 2024
Elections contested
- Scunthorpe 6 May 2010
Expenses
Contact & offices
0207 219 5381
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Constituency office
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Dr Caroline Johnson, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Dr Caroline Johnson?
Dr Caroline Johnson is a Member of Parliament representing Sleaford and North Hykeham in the House of Commons. See Dr Caroline Johnson's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Dr Caroline Johnson represent?
Dr Caroline Johnson sits as Conservative. See Dr Caroline Johnson's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Dr Caroline Johnson represent?
Dr Caroline Johnson is the Member of Parliament for Sleaford and North Hykeham. See Dr Caroline Johnson's official Parliament profile.
How long has Dr Caroline Johnson been an MP?
Dr Caroline Johnson has served in the House of Commons for 9 years, 7 months. See Dr Caroline Johnson's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Dr Caroline Johnson?
Dr Caroline Johnson has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Dr Caroline Johnson's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.