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Geoffrey Robinson
Labour MP for Coventry North West
- Entered Parliament on 4 March 1976 — unknown
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Geoffrey Robinson voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Health, Home Department, Treasury, Education
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Taxis, English Language: Education, Disciplinary Investigations, Accident and Emergency Departments, Crime
(based on written questions asked by Geoffrey Robinson and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Financial Services Bill (6 Feb 2012)
“Does my right hon. Friend agree that the further decision to install the Governor for eight years will make the inherent difficulty of dealing with only one person more difficult?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Financial Services Bill (6 Feb 2012)
“I hate to intrude on this Socratic dialogue between the Chancellor and my right hon. Friend the Member for Morley and Outwood (Ed Balls), but can the Chancellor not see that in these critical decisions there will be differences? I do not draw a direct comparison with the military, where the Chief of the Defence Staff has a right of appeal or a direct line of communication with the Prime...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Budget Deficit (24 Jan 2012)
“Is not the Minister aware that the figures show the total failure of the Government’s economic policy—not only on the deficit, but on all the contributory factors? Employment is down, way below their target, and so are growth and private sector employment. On every key index, their policies have failed. They own this policy, they are failing—when will they change it?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 25 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 72.67% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 396 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. More about the Register
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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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £11,505 (577th) | £9,623 (571st) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £11,042 (568th) | £9,576 (599th) | £7,002 (637th) | £6,575 | £0 | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £16,853 (487th) | £0 |
| Staffing costs | £99,643 (177th) | £87,806 (323rd) | £81,466 (413th) | £96,911 | £89,661 (5th) | £69,854 (195th) | £65,276 (joint 283rd with 2 others) | £48,817 (222nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,163 (222nd) | £4,153 (496th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £13,245 (104th)1 | £20,118 (18th)2 | £9,641 (232nd)3 | £7,251 | £9,390 (355th) | £9,214 (357th) | £8,904 (381st) | £5,313 (452nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,390 (50th) | £1,370 (58th) | £687 (177th) | £1,304 | £209 (363rd) | £0 | £142 (402nd) | £978 (138th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £46 (343rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,122 (507th) | £814 (joint 308th with 1 other) | £544 (514th) | £1,176 | £904 (324th) | £576 (472nd) | £1,176 (263rd) | £708 (joint 447th with 3 others) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,295 (328th) | £2,419 (350th) | £4,012 | £2,579 (322nd) | £1,645 (476th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £885 (617th) | £698 (622nd) | £0 | £1,590 (545th) | £1,590 (joint 531st with 1 other) | £1,590 (joint 503rd with 1 other) | £1,590 (joint 425th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £137,606 (483rd) | £127,063 (558th) | £102,457 (625th) | £117,229 | £104,333 (593rd) | £101,678 (587th) | £105,446 (485th) | £67,029 (618th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,600 (422nd). Rail £11,645 (23rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,959 (222nd). Rail £15,999 (2nd). Air £160 (154th).