Robert Courts’s voting in Parliament
Robert Courts is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.
This is a random selection of Robert Courts’s votes.
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Voted a mixture of for and against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes
4 votes for, 2 votes against, 5 absences, between 2021–2022.
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Generally voted for reducing central government funding of local government Show votes
2 votes for, 0 votes against, 4 absences, between 2017–2021.
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Generally voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes
0 votes for, 2 votes against, 4 absences, between 2021–2022.
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Voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes
1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2022.
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Consistently voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes
3 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2019–2022.
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Almost always voted against more EU integration Show votes
14 votes for, 68 votes against, 1 absence, between 2017–2022.
Last updated: 17 Jan 2024.
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Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 4 Mar 2024.
2. (b) Any other support not included in
Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Charles McDowell Properties Ltd
Address of donor: 104 Whiteheads Grove, London SW3 3HJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Room hire and food for a fundraising event on my behalf, value £2,202.14
Date received: 20 November 2023
Date accepted: 20 November 2023
Donor status: company, registration 04982959
(Registered 18 December 2023)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from
UK sources
Name of donor:
Reaction Engines LtdAddress of donor: Culham Campus, Abingdon OX14 3DB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Guest of Reaction Engines at the
ADS annual dinner, value £520
Date received: 30 January 2024
Date accepted: 30 January 2024
Donor status: company, registration 02413577
(Registered 31 January 2024)
Name of donor:
APPG for the
Armed ForcesAddress of donor:
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Seven dinners valued at £45 each; total value £315
Date received: 31 January 2023 to 4 December 2023
Date accepted: 31 January 2023
Donor status: other
(Registered 01 February 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: March of the Living UK
Address of donor: Schaller House, 44a Albert Road, Hendon, London NW4 2SJ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation, flights, meals and educational tour, value £2,149
Destination of visit: Poland
Dates of visit: 16-20 April 2023
Purpose of visit: Holocaust education visit to Poland. Visits to museums, historical sites and cultural centres. Attending the March of the Living 2023.
(Registered 09 May 2023)
Name of donor: Virgin Atlantic Ltd
Address of donor: The VHQ, Fleming Way, Crawley RH10 9DF
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Incidental costs of participating in a transatlantic test flight, plus hospitality and hotel for one night in
New York, total value £818
Destination of visit: New York
Dates of visit: 28-30 November 2023
Purpose of visit: As part of the Aviation APPG, invited to join the first transatlantic test flight using sustainable aviation fuel. I also worked on this when
Minister for Aviation.
(Registered 06 December 2023)
8. Miscellaneous
Member of the Bar of England and Wales, not currently practising. (Registered 18 November 2016)
From 12 February 2020, Chair of the Commons and Lords
RAF Association. (Registered 09 March 2020)
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