A selection of Peter Robinson's votes

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• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 0 votes for, 19 votes against, 23 absences, between 2006–2009
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 6 votes against, 5 absences, in 2004
• Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 2 votes for, 3 votes against, 6 absences, between 2003–2007
• Voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2008
• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2007
• Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords

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Recent appearances

• Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions — Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister: Victims and Survivors: Funding 7 Mar 2016

  We remain committed to ensuring that victims and survivors receive the best services possible. The Victims and Survivors Service continues to be our front-line delivery body for the provision of these services. Some £14 million has been allocated to victims and survivors in this financial year, which is the highest ever opening budget for the sector. Victims and survivors groups who meet...

• Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions — Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister: Dealing with the Past: Chief Constable’s Comments 15 Feb 2016

  I have to say that, when we comment on the past, we all need to be very careful that we are not adding to the trauma that many live with daily. Some of those whom I met recently recounted to me that, when something is said — it may not be a big moment to the person who said it — the victims who hear it are deeply hurt, and many can be re-traumatised. I certainly do not agree that a line...

• Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions — Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister: Employment: Fermanagh 15 Feb 2016

  The focus of the ministerial subgroup on regional opportunities has, to date, been on the north-west, but it has always been our intention that, as its work progresses, it should consider the measures required to promote economic opportunity across other areas of Northern Ireland. That will include, in due course, infrastructural and economic needs and opportunities in the south-west,...

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Profile

Former DUP MLA for Belfast East, Former DUP MP for Belfast East

Entered the House of Commons on 3 May 1979 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)

Entered the Assembly on 25 June 1998 — General election

Left the Assembly on 24 March 2016 — Election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Northern Ireland
• Defence
• Treasury
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Police
• Warm Homes Scheme
• Assets Recovery Agency
• Child Support Agency
• Prisons

Previous MPs in this constituency

• William Craig
• Stanley McMaster
• Alan McKibbin
• Thomas Cole
• Henry Harland
• Herbert Dixon
• Robert Sharman-Crawford
• Robert McMordie
• Gustav Wolff
• Edward De Cobain

Future MPs in this constituency

• Naomi Long
• Gavin Robinson

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Electoral Administration Bill Committee (2 out of 5)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee (4 out of 4)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Peter Robinson’s speeches
• Has received answers to 22 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 37 people are tracking this MLA
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 516 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)