Gavin Robinson’s voting in Parliament

Gavin Robinson is a DUP MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other DUP MPs.

This is a random selection of Gavin Robinson’s votes.

• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 12 votes for, 64 votes against, 15 absences, between 2018–2022.
• Generally voted for reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 5 absences, between 2016–2021.
• Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2016.
• Voted a mixture of for and against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 3 votes for, 3 votes against, 1 absence, between 2015–2022.
• Generally voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 7 votes for, 1 vote against, 6 absences, between 2015–2022.
• Has never voted on a wholly elected House of Lords Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2016.

Last updated: 18 May 2022. Learn more about our voting records and what they mean.

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Recent appearances

• Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill: Clause 18 - Immunity from prosecution 6 Sep 2023

  I am grateful for the contributions made by Opposition Members thus far. A number of comments have been made this afternoon that relate more to Second Reading than to the stage we are at. It should come as no surprise to those in the Chamber to hear that to us this is an irredeemable piece of legislation. Even though we were highlighting in this Chamber on Second Reading and so on the areas...

• Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) Bill: Clause 1 - Use of resources 4 Sep 2023

  I think it is helpful to emphasise at this point that, although the Minister indicated that this budget is exactly what an Executive would have been allocated were they in place, last year it was £322 million less than what an Executive would have needed, this year it is £431 million less than what an Executive would have needed, and the projection for next year is £458 million less. So in...

• Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) Bill: Clause 1 - Use of resources 4 Sep 2023

  It is a pleasure, as always, to follow the hon. Member for Belfast South (Claire Hanna), my constituency neighbour, but the content of my speech will be slightly different from hers. I will not delve into the Committee stage, amendments that were tabled but not brought forward, or amendments that were needlessly provocative and stepped far away from the principles that the party that tabled...

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DUP MP for Belfast East

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @grobinsondup
• https://facebook.com/GRobinsonDUP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Gavin Robinson campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Ministry of Defence
• Home Office
• Treasury
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department of Health
• Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
• Detention Centres
• Coronavirus: Vaccination
• Cayman Islands: Taxation
• Postnatal Depression

Currently held offices

• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (since 4 Jul 2022)
• Member, Defence Sub-Committee (since 5 Mar 2020)
• Member, Defence Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)
• Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Defence) (since 1 Jul 2017)
• Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (since 8 May 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill Committee (28 Jun 2021 to 6 Jul 2021)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (31 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Defence Sub-Committee (12 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Defence Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Defence Committee ( 5 Dec 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Defence Sub-Committee ( 5 Dec 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (28 Oct 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ( 6 Jul 2015 to 5 Dec 2016)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Justice) ( 8 May 2015 to 8 Jun 2017)
• Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights) ( 8 May 2015 to 8 Jun 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

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

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)