Voting Record — Andrew Robathan MP, Blaby (10503)

Andrew Robathan

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	6 votes out of 934, 0.6%	934 votes out of 1288, 72.5%	4 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	15 votes out of 884, 1.7%	884 votes out of 1246, 70.9%	3 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	3 votes out of 756, 0.4%	756 votes out of 1273, 59.4%	7 times

External Links

See Andrew Robathan's Parliamentary speeches at: TheyWorkForYou.com
Contact your MP for free at: WriteToThem.com
Form a long term relationship with your MP: HearFromYourMP.com
Search for local party donations declared to the Electoral Commission

Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

See also all votes... attended | possible

House	Date	Subject	Andrew Robathan	Con Vote	Rôle
30 May 2024	Stopped being Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
31 Jan 2023	Became Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
19 Jan 2022	Stopped being Member, International Agreements Committee
23 Apr 2020	Became Member, International Agreements Committee
23 Apr 2020	Stopped being Member, EU Internal Market Sub-Committee
5 Jun 2018	Became Member, EU Internal Market Sub-Committee
29 Feb 2016	Stopped being Member, Trade Union Political Funds and Political Party Funding Committee
28 Jan 2016	Became Member, Trade Union Political Funds and Political Party Funding Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
3 Nov 2014	Became Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
3 Nov 2014	Became Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
15 Jul 2014	Stopped being The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office,
7 Oct 2013	Became The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office,
7 Oct 2013	Stopped being The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence,
6 Sep 2012	Became The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence,
6 Sep 2012	Stopped being The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence,
8 Mar 2011	Stopped being Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee
17 Jan 2011	Became Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee
17 May 2010	Became The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence,
6 May 2010	Stopped being Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons),
Commons	24 Feb 2010	European Union Documents — Alternative Investment Fund Managers	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Jan 2010	Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) — Sittings of the House	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Jun 2009	Prayers	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Apr 2009	Bill Presented — Palliative Care Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Apr 2009	Deferred Divisions — Ecclesiastical Offices (terms of service) measure	minority	aye	Rebel
12 Jul 2007	Stopped being Member, Administration Committee
Commons	29 Jun 2007	Prayers	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Remove Hereditary Places once Reform has taken place — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2006	Dentistry	tellaye	aye	Teller
14 Dec 2005	Became Member, Administration Committee
10 Dec 2005	Became Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons),
10 Dec 2005	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Defence),
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Andrew Robathan	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	9 Nov 2004	Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords] — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
8 Nov 2004	Stopped being Member, International Development Committee
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Third Report of the Procedure Committee — Election of an MP to More Than One Seat — Brian Haw's Protest Camp	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Oct 2004	Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill	tellno	no	Teller
1 Jul 2004	Became Shadow Minister (Defence),
Commons	22 Apr 2004	Points of Order	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Feb 2004	Gender Recognition Bill	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	11 Feb 2004	Northern Ireland	minority	aye	Rebel
8 Dec 2003	Became Member, International Development Committee
Commons	30 Oct 2003	Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees — PAY FOR CHAIRMEN OF SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 2)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Oct 2003	Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
30 Oct 2003	Stopped being Shadow Minister (International Development),
1 Jun 2003	Became Shadow Minister (International Development),
1 Jun 2003	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry),
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
19 Nov 2002	Stopped being Member, International Development Committee
1 Jun 2002	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry),
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Jul 2001	International Development	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2001	Deferred Divisions — Education — Northern Ireland	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2001	Deferred Divisions — Education — Northern Ireland	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Andrew Robathan	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Deregulation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2000	Northern Ireland Bill - Ending suspension	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 Nov 1999	House of Lords Bill — Exceptions from the rule that hereditary peers should be abolished	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Jun 1999	Animal Welfare (Prohibition of Imports)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	4 May 1999	Sex Education in Schools	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Feb 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Clause 1 — Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	2 Sep 1998	Business of the House (Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Mar 1998	School Standards and Framework Bill — Abolition of corporal punishment in schools	tellno	no	Teller
14 Jul 1997	Became Member, International Development Committee

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
79%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
84%	Academy Schools - for
0%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
33%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
57%	Asylum System - More strict
0%	Ban fox hunting
15%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
76%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100%	Closed Material Proceedure
81%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
3%	Control Orders
0%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
44%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
25%	Easier access to abortion
90%	Employee Shareholder Status
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
12%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
50%	Environmental water quality
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
44%	European Union Integration - For
84%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
83%	Fixed Term Parliaments
20%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
0%	Fox hunting - Ban
92%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
44%	Fully Elected House of Lords
20%	Further devolution to Scotland
40%	Further devolution to Wales
48%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
25%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
0%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
73%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
86%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
13%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
100%	HS2 - In Favour
33%	Human Rights and Equality
11%	Identity cards - For introduction
40%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
89%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
86%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
100%	Increase the state pension age
94%	Increase VAT
50%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
97%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
11%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
19%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
88%	Localise Council Tax Support
49%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
29%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
0%	Mansion Tax
59%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
74%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
11%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
38%	More powers for local councils
39%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
57%	Nuclear power - For
49%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
17%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
92%	Police and Crime Commissioners
1%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
99%	Post office closures - against
25%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
69%	Privatise Royal Mail
69%	Promote Occupational Pensions
13%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
42%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
0%	Public Ownership of Railways
12%	Rail Fares - Lower
84%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
2%	Reduce capital gains tax
88%	Reduce central funding for local government
50%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
82%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
88%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
93%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
71%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
60%	Register of Lobbyists
31%	Regulate letting agent fees
33%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
31%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
17%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
86%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
89%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
88%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42%	Right to strike
56%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
31%	Same Sex Marriage - for
92%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
16%	Smoking ban - In favour
0%	State control of bus services
57%	Stop climate change
6%	Support current and former armed service members
48%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
92%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
90%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
93%	University education fees - Should be free
40%	University Tuition Fees - For
93%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
0%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
20%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
0%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
100.0%	John Howell	Henley	Con
99.6%	Francis Maude	Horsham	Con
99.2%	Eric Pickles	Brentwood and Ongar	Con
99.2%	Boris Johnson	Henley	Con
99.0%	Malcolm Rifkind	Kensington and Chelsea	Con

Voting Record — Andrew Robathan MP, Blaby (10503)

External Links

Interesting Votes

Policy Comparisons

Possible Friends (more...)

About the Project

The Whip on the Web

Help keep PublicWhip alive