As a result of COVID-19, some MPs were less able to vote in Parliament in certain periods, and this will be reflected by absences in their voting record.
Show more detail
- 11th May to 2nd June 2020
-
All MPs could vote remotely through an online voting tool. Votes cast remotely are shown as normal on the TheyWorkForYou voting record.
- 2nd to 9th June 2020
-
The option of online voting was removed, and a number of MPs may have been unable to vote because they were not physically able to attend.
- 10th June 2020 onwards
-
The requirements on proxy voting were relaxed, allowing MPs to designate another MP to cast a vote on their behalf.
If an MP votes by proxy, it is effectively exactly the same as if they cast the vote in person and it shows up on their TheyWorkForYou voting record.
MPs are not required to designate a proxy, and may instead pair with an opposing MP to miss a vote. Parliament does not record when two MPs have come to a pairing arrangement, so on TheyWorkForYou, they will both appear to have been absent for the vote.
We will update this information if the situation changes. See more detail on votes during the COVID-19 period here.
Robert Goodwill’s voting in Parliament
Robert Goodwill is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.
However, Robert Goodwill sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:
We have lots more plain English analysis of Robert Goodwill’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Robert Goodwill’s full vote analysis page for more.
Robert Goodwill has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.
Recent appearances
-
I was appalled to read in this week’s Farmers Weekly that food labelled as British has actually come from South America or even Africa, and that meat not fit for human consumption has been going into the food chain. The Food Standards Agency’s report makes it clear that it has been misled and hoodwinked by these operators. Is there a case to bring the FSA within DEFRA rather than the...
-
In the three years that I was the Minister responsible for HS2, almost a decade ago, I commissioned work to see whether we could deliver the project more quickly by opening Birmingham to Old Oak Common ahead of Euston. The result came back that around two thirds—certainly more than half—of passengers would be getting off at Old Oak Common anyway, to use the Elizabeth line to access places...
-
Perhaps the Minister might be reassured by the fact that the Scottish National party seems to be against the Bill on political rather than scientific grounds. In fact, I think it is on the record as saying that if the European Union adopts the legislation—as the Opposition Front Bencher, the hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner), said—it would immediately adopt it. Surely the SNP...
More of Robert Goodwill’s recent appearances
RSS feed (
?)
Profile
Conservative MP for Scarborough and Whitby
Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election
Social Media
Expenses
Topics of interest
Robert Goodwill campaigned to remain in the European Union
Source: BBC
- Transport
- Department for Environment
- Food and Rural Affairs
- Home Department
- Department for Transport
- Treasury
- Buses: Exhaust Emissions
- Motor Vehicles: Registration
- Dental Services
- Motor Vehicles: Testing
- Driving: Licensing
Currently held offices
- Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 25 May 2022)
- Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (since 25 May 2022)
- Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (since 25 May 2022)
- Member, Liaison Committee Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements (since 25 May 2022)
- Member, Down Syndrome Bill Committee (since 19 Jan 2022)
- Member, Nationality and Borders Bill Committee (since 15 Sep 2021)
- Member, Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act (since 10 Nov 2020)
- Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)
Other offices held in the past
- Member, Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (12 May 2021 to 24 Jun 2021)
- Member, Environmental Audit Committee (2 Mar 2020 to 11 Jul 2022)
- The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (5 Mar 2019 to 25 Jul 2019)
- Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (5 Mar 2018 to 8 Apr 2019)
- Member, Environmental Audit Committee (22 Jan 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Minister of State (Education) (12 Jun 2017 to 9 Jan 2018)
- The Minister for Immigration (15 Jul 2016 to 12 Jun 2017)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (7 Oct 2013 to 15 Jul 2016)
- The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (6 Sep 2012 to 7 Oct 2013)
- Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (12 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
- Shadow Minister (Transport) (3 Jul 2007 to 6 May 2010)
- Opposition Whip (Commons) (8 Nov 2006 to 3 Jul 2007)
- Member, Transport Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 11 Dec 2006)
Previous MPs in this constituency
Public bill committees (Sittings attended)
Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 20 Mar 2023.
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
Southwood Farm, Terrington, York, which is farmed "in hand": (i) and (ii).
Three industrial units at Southwood Farm, Terrington, York: (i) and (ii). Since January 2018, only two of these units are let. (Updated 06 January 2020)
Four houses in Teesside. Administered by R W Goodwill, Property
Division: (i) and (ii).
Flat in London. Administered by R W Goodwill, Property Division: (i) and (ii). (Registered 10 April 2012)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Mowthorpe (
UK) Ltd; cemetery company
From 21 September 2020, 76 Warwick Way Ltd; a company which owns a property freehold. (Registered 23 September 2020)
8. Miscellaneous
Unremunerated managing director of Mowthorpe (UK) Ltd; see entry in
Category 7 above. (Updated 13 May 2015)
Farmer; R W Goodwill, Southwood Farm, Terrington, York. I draw no money from the farm. (Updated 13 May 2015)
9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
View the history of this MP’s entries in the Register
More about the register
Note for journalists and researchers: The data on this page may be used freely,
on condition that TheyWorkForYou.com is cited as the source.
This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety
of sources. Voting information from
Public Whip.
Profile photo:
© Parliament (CC-BY 3.0)
