Official portrait of Joe Robertson

Joe Robertson

Conservative MP for Isle of Wight East, since 4 July 2024

Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)

Joe Robertson is the Conservative MP for Isle of Wight East, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently undertakes the roles of Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions), and Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons).

Scorecard

75.3% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
444 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
146 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
3 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
239 Debates spoken in 1048 written questions tabled

Ranked 266 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading No 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion against party line Aye 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Aye 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Aye 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No vote 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Aye 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No vote 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading No 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 Aye 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 Aye 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Aye 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Councillor
Until: 7 May 2026.
Payer: Isle of Wight Council (Local Authority), County Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight
(Registered 1 August 2024; updated 7 January 2026)

On the register since 10 Sep 2026

Remuneration: £841.13 a month
Until: 7 May 2026.
Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 1 August 2024; updated 7 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: East Wight Patrons Club
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,888.74 for MP Christmas cards 2024 and 2025, MP Office Christmas lunch 2024 and 2025, MP website annual licence fee, MP small business survey online software license
Date received: 14 December 2025
Date accepted: 14 December 2025
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 7 January 2026)

On the register since 4 Aug 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Classic FM
Address of donor: 30 Leicester Square London WC2H 7LA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two Classic FM Live Concert tickets and hospitality at the Royal Albert Hall, representing the shadow Culture, Media and Sport team, value £307.70
Date received: 20 October 2025
Date accepted: 20 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 02622707
(Registered 4 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

239 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 2 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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