Voting Record — Geoffrey Robinson MP, Coventry North West (10506)

Geoffrey Robinson

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
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	3 votes out of 236, 1.3%	236 votes out of 463, 51.0%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	4 votes out of 318, 1.3%	318 votes out of 467, 68.1%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	12 votes out of 873, 1.4%	873 votes out of 1239, 70.5%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	9 votes out of 1002, 0.9%	1002 votes out of 1288, 77.8%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	7 votes out of 730, 1.0%	730 votes out of 1246, 58.6%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	0 votes out of 522, 0.0%	522 votes out of 1273, 41.0%	0 times

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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).

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House	Date	Subject	Geoffrey Robinson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (L) — Opportunity to Decide Between Remaining In the EU and Leaving Without a Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2018	Restoration and Renewal — Lords and Commons Leaving the Palace of Westminister During Renovations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2018	Restoration and Renewal — Lords and Commons Leaving the Palace of Westminister During Renovations	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Geoffrey Robinson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Mar 2016	High Speed Rail (London — West Midlands) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Dec 2015	UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2015	Opposition Day — Trident Nuclear Deterrent Programme Renewal	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Sep 2015	Assisted Dying Bill — Second Reading	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Geoffrey Robinson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	28 Apr 2014	High Speed Rail (London — West Midlands) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Apr 2014	High Speed Rail (London — West Midlands) Bill — Decline Second Reading	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2013	High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Jun 2013	High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Jun 2013	High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill — Decline Second Reading	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Jul 2012	House of Lords Reform Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Backbench Business Committee — Election of Members and Chair — Operation of Committee	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Jan 2012	Draft City of Bradford (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 — May 2012 Referendum on a Directly Elected Mayor	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jan 2012	Draft City of Birmingham (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 — May 2012 Referendum on a Directly Elected Mayor	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — New Clause 26 — Exemptions from Offence of Squatting in a Residential Building	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Feb 2011	Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) Code Revision — Stop and Search — Fingerprints and DNA — Entry and Search — CCTV	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Annual Report on Court Challenge of Clause 18 — Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 2010	Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2010	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Size of the Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Geoffrey Robinson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — Clause 2 — Work-related activity: income support claimants and partners of claimants	both	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' allowances — External audits and no more furniture — rejected	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Jan 2008	Protection of freedom of expression (sexual orientation)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Nov 2005	Representation of the People (Reduction of Voting Age)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Jul 2005	Deferred Division — Access to Justice	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Geoffrey Robinson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 43 — Application by Prosecution for Trial to be Conducted without Jury where Danger of Jury Tampering	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 42 — Applications by Prosecution for Certain Complex or Lengthy Trials to be Conducted without Jury	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be conducted without Jury	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 29 — Rules of Court	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 29 — Rules of Court	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Geoffrey Robinson	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
20 Dec 1998	Stopped being Paymaster General (HM Treasury),
3 May 1997	Became Paymaster General (HM Treasury),
1 Jun 1987	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry),
6 Feb 1984	Stopped being Member, Trade & Industry Committee
9 Jun 1983	Became Member, Trade & Industry Committee
1 Jun 1983	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry),
1 Jun 1983	Stopped being Shadow Spokerperson (Science),
1 Jun 1982	Became Shadow Spokerperson (Science),

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
10%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
6%	Academy Schools - for
50%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
28%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
69%	Apprenticeships
75%	Assisted Dying
68%	Asylum System - More strict
0%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
100%	Ban fox hunting
92%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
69%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
40%	Closed Material Proceedure
14%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
88%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
13%	Cull Badgers
0%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
30%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
85%	Easier access to abortion
10%	Employee Shareholder Status
0%	Employment rights
16%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
76%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
100%	Environmental water quality
5%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
72%	European Union Integration - For
8%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
17%	Fixed Term Parliaments
59%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
60%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
14%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
41%	Fully Elected House of Lords
65%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
62%	Further devolution to Scotland
69%	Further devolution to Wales
45%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
67%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
93%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
21%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
44%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
88%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
13%	HS2 - In Favour
75%	Human Rights and Equality
88%	Identity cards - For introduction
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
50%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
83%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
21%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
19%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
21%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
9%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
87%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
13%	Localise Council Tax Support
29%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
52%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
89%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
47%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Member trustees on pension boards
0%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
83%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
72%	Minimum Wage
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
69%	More powers for local councils
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
4%	No detention without charge or trial
79%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
59%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
0%	Police and Crime Commissioners
98%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
2%	Post office closures - against
71%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
75%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
31%	Promote Occupational Pensions
53%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
100%	Public Ownership of Railways
88%	Rail Fares - Lower
30%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
28%	Reduce capital gains tax
17%	Reduce central funding for local government
0%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
9%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
33%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
13%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
5%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
76%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
46%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
17%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
40%	Register of Lobbyists
99%	Regulate letting agent fees
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
75%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
88%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
9%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
10%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
10%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
62%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
50%	Right to strike
72%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
97%	Same Sex Marriage - for
27%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
72%	Smoking ban - In favour
99%	State control of bus services
64%	Stop climate change
94%	Support current and former armed service members
56%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
20%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
0%	Tougher on illegal immigration
2%	Trade Unions - Restrict
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
61%	Transparency of Parliament
71%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
8%	University education fees - Should be free
55%	University Tuition Fees - For
82%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
73%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
70%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
93%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Geoffrey Robinson MP, Coventry North West (10506)

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