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Rob Roberts is a Independent MP, but has changed parties or become independent.
Compared to their original party (Conservative), for the vast majority of issues they have voted in the same way as other Conservative MPs.
This is a random selection of Rob Roberts’s votes.
Last updated: 18 May 2022. Learn more about our voting records and what they mean.
We have lots more plain English analysis of Rob Roberts’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Rob Roberts’s full vote analysis page for more.
Rob Roberts
I used to work in financial services, and this term is commonly used in financial services. Is the Minister seriously telling me that NHS workers are being used to cross-subsidise other areas of the system? Have we got nowhere else that we could potentially draw additional funds from, other than levying higher fees on NHS workers to subsidise others? Is that really what he is saying?
The Minister is being generous with his time. There are other reasons, though—it is not just cost. People on a series of temporary visas cannot get a mortgage; they need full right to remain. There are various things that people without permanent residency cannot do in the financial system. It is about not just being allowed to stay, but being allowed to stay and fully take part in society....
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Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election
Party was Conservative until 24 May 2021
Last updated: 23 Jan 2023.
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