This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.
Email me updates on Andrew Robathan’s activity (no more than once per day)
Andrew Robathan
Conservative MP for South Leicestershire
- Also represented Blaby
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans), Defence (since 14 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
- Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
- Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
- Help us add video by matching a speech by Andrew Robathan
- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andrew Robathan voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Trade and Industry, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Zimbabwe, Iraq, Royal Navy, Electoral Registration, Caravans
(based on written questions asked by Andrew Robathan and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Child Trust Funds Bill Committee (4 out of 7)
- Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Communications Bill Committee (25 out of 25)
- Fireworks Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Marine Wildlife Conservation Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- International Development Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Defence: Departmental Travel (9 Feb 2012)
“Road transport for the Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), is normally provided by the Metropolitan police. The junior Defence Ministers have, in accordance with the Ministerial Code published on 21 May 2010, given up their cars with a dedicated driver to reduce costs and now share a central Ministry of Defence (MOD) car...”
- Written Answers — Defence: Ex-servicemen: Health Services (9 Feb 2012)
“holding answer 30 January 2012 Changes in the service provided by the Medical Assessment Programme have been notified on the Ministry of Defence (MOD), Veterans-UK, and NHS websites. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19 December 2011, Official Report, column 962W, in which I explained that copies of the Ministry of Defence web pages have been placed in the Library of the...”
- Written Answers — Defence: Radioactive Waste: Dalgety Bay (9 Feb 2012)
“The Ministry of Defence detected and recovered a number of radioactive sources from Dalgety Bay in January 2012. The Ministry of Defence has held no formal discussions with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) regarding their survey. However, I met Professor James Curran, chief executive of SEPA, in Rosyth on 31 January to discuss Dalgety Bay.”
More of Andrew Robathan's recent appearances
Numerology
Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)
- Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 75.53% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 42 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 106 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Andrew Robathan’s activity.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 698 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,309 (321st) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £8,931 (600th) | £11,934 (546th) | £9,700 (621st) | £7,949 | £16,917 (414th) | £6,829 (645th) | £10,255 (620th) | £5,848 (614th) |
| Staffing costs | £65,135 (624th) | £64,599 (624th) | £66,967 (608th) | £76,992 | £74,630 (154th) | £68,266 (220th) | £57,723 (565th) | £40,275 (505th) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,359 (321st)1 | £6,204 (386th)2 | £6,124 (394th)3 | £6,771 | £6,795 (468th) | £7,426 (424th) | £7,827 (416th) | £4,762 (481st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £284 | £287 (329th) | £526 (260th) | £0 | £251 (329th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £631 (177th) | £362 (244th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £493 (35th) | £664 (33rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,611 (566th) | £233 (612th) | £352 (590th) | £663 | £367 (562nd) | £226 (joint 619th with 1 other) | £258 (625th) | £443 (574th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,237 (529th) | £325 (632nd) | £3,152 | £1,302 (joint 529th with 1 other) | £1,054 (554th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,278 (217th) | £1,035 (369th) | £1,029 | £1,577 (548th) | £1,463 (576th) | £1,463 (556th) | £0 | |
| Other Costs | £3,515 (54th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £111,682 (615th) | £109,594 (621st) | £106,613 (614th) | £118,474 | £122,777 (339th) | £106,123 (556th) | £97,248 (567th) | £66,888 (619th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,511 (226th). Rail £3,400 (266th). Misc £10 (244th). Other: European £438 (105th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,754 (235th). Rail £2,450 (325th).