At a glanceGavin Robinson is a Democratic Unionist Party MP for Belfast East, and has represented the seat for 11 years, 2 months. They have cast 328 votes in Commons divisions (57% attendance), tabled 417 written questions and registered 4 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Gavin Robinson did not vote in 247. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Committee since 4 Nov 2024
- Belfast East Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Democratic Unionist Party Party since 7 May 2015
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party
100.0% · 234 of 234 shared votes
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Mr Gregory Campbell
Democratic Unionist Party
99.6% · 269 of 270 shared votes
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Sammy Wilson
Democratic Unionist Party
98.6% · 215 of 218 shared votes
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Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party
98.5% · 319 of 324 shared votes
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Sir Christopher Chope
Conservative
96.9% · 154 of 159 shared votes
Votes least like
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Ellie Reeves
Labour
8.4% · 17 of 202 shared votes
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Jo Stevens
Labour
8.7% · 21 of 241 shared votes
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Noah Law
Labour
9.1% · 21 of 231 shared votes
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Mr Hamish Falconer
Labour
9.1% · 20 of 220 shared votes
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Matt Bishop
Labour
9.2% · 17 of 185 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- Belfast City Airport - £1,140.00 (registered 29 Jul 2025)
Miscellaneous2
- Director of EastSide Partnership, which is a broad-based social partnership with community, statutory, political and business members who are dedicated to the regeneration of East Belfast. This is an unpaid role. (registered 6 Aug 2019)
- Chair of EastSide Tourism Ltd, which promotes East Belfast as a tourist destination. This is an unpaid role. (registered 6 Aug 2019)
Family members employed1
- John Robinson employed (registered 1 Aug 2016)
Written questions
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to WPQ17732, how many occasions these powers have been used within 3 miles of the land border between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Awaiting an answer from the Home Office.
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to WPQ17732, to detail on how many occasions these powers have been exercised jointly with PSNI in Northern Ireland.
Awaiting an answer from the Home Office.
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 15 July to Question 17732 on Immigration Controls, how many illegal entrants have been detected using these powers in Northern Ireland; how many have subsequently been detain
Awaiting an answer from the Home Office.
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Force Officers are permanently deployed in Northern Ireland and how many officers are dedicated to inland immigration enforcement.
Awaiting an answer from the Home Office.
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to WPQ17732, to provide detail on how many occasions UK Border Force have used these powers in Northern Ireland; to include (a) the number of vehicle searches (b) number of bus/coach inspecti
Awaiting an answer from the Home Office.
Asylum: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many third country asylum applications have been handled in Northern Ireland in each of the last 5 calendar years, following the applicants having been in the UK for 6 months and 1 day.
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.The safety and security of ...
Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times UK Border Force has exercised powers to stop, board and inspect vehicles, public transport, buses and boats for immigration purposes in each of the last five calendar years.
Answer · 15 Jul 2026
The Home Office does not hold centrally collated data on the number of occasions Border Force has exercised powers to stop, board and inspect vehicles, public transport, buses and boats for immigration purposes in each of the last five calendar years.Bord...
Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers UK Border Force has to stop, board and inspect vehicles, public transport, buses and boats for immigration purposes.
Answer · 15 Jul 2026
Border Force officers have a range of powers to stop, board, examine and search vehicles and vessels for immigration purposes.Under Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971, immigration officers may board ships and aircraft in connection with the exercise o...
Early day motions
| 23 Jun 2026 | Jeffrey Donaldson | 5 sig. |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Campbell College’s rugby and football double | 9 sig. |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Murder of Royal Navy sailor David Cuthbert | 5 sig. |
| 16 Oct 2025 | 100 years of St Brendan's Church of Ireland, East Belfast | 4 sig. |
| 6 May 2025 | Publication of the Police Ombudsman’s Report on the Kingsmill Massacre | 7 sig. |
| 31 Mar 2025 | 125th anniversary of the Irish Guards | 7 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
8 Jul 2026 Troubles Legacy: Legislation
That is an answer to a question, but it is not really the answer to my question. I want to hear from our Secretary of State a full-throated recognition that there is a deficit, that Sir Declan needs access to the unredacted material, and t…
8 Jul 2026 Troubles Legacy: Legislation
The Secretary of State will know that, given the legacy of our past, two Governments are involved. Was he concerned, as we were, that Sir Declan Morgan shared with the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee two weeks ago his concern that he wi…
23 Jun 2026 Border Security: UK-Ireland Co-operation
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Upper Bann (Carla Lockhart) on securing this debate. Does the Minister understand that when he speaks of co-operation between the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach, it rings hollow when immigrati…
10 Jun 2026 Belfast: Violent Disorder
I am extremely grateful to Mr Speaker, to the Minister for his condemnation, and to the hon. Member for Belfast South and Mid Down (Claire Hanna) for securing another opportunity to raise these important issues. The condemnation has been s…
10 Jun 2026 Engagements
May I associate myself with the remarks of the Prime Minister in relation to the tragic helicopter crash last week? Yesterday I shared my concern that community cohesion stood on a precipice. The north Belfast attack on Monday was medie…
9 Jun 2026 North Belfast: Violent Attack
Mr Speaker, may I first thank you for granting this urgent question? The attempted murder in Belfast last night was chilling. What has been seen by thousands already across the country cannot be unseen. It was medieval—the systematic mutil…
9 Jun 2026 North Belfast: Violent Attack
(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on reports of a serious violent attack in north Belfast involving a foreign national, and the implications for public safety, immigration enf…
9 Jun 2026 Police Service of Northern Ireland Training College
I have listened carefully to what the Minister has to say. The NIO rarely ever exercises its powers when it comes to the Parades Commission—it can intervene, but it refuses to do so. The fundamental problem that arose on the weekend was th…
9 Jun 2026 Police Service of Northern Ireland Training College
I apologise for interrupting the hon. Lady, because she is making a good speech with important information. She mentioned Patten recommendation 131 not being prioritised. People sometimes forget, but we should praise the fact that 1,000 me…
9 Jun 2026 Police Service of Northern Ireland Training College
That is very kind of you, Sir. Roger. I had not planned on such a courtesy being extended. I place on record my appreciation to the hon. Member for North Down (Alex Easton) for securing this debate. Important debate though it is, it would …
3 Jun 2026 Supreme Court Dillon Judgment: Policy Implications
The Secretary of State must know that victims in Northern Ireland would like him to stand up for them, to challenge the excess and the eccentricities of the Republic of Ireland Government, and to ensure, when they promise that they will pr…
3 Jun 2026 Supreme Court Dillon Judgment: Policy Implications
The Secretary of State will know that the howls of outrage from the article 2 expansionists have been proven to be wrong, yet those same howls of outrage have been repeated ad nauseum by the Irish Government. They continue with their stat…
18 May 2026 Backing Business to Create Economic Growth
I do not have time to give to the hon. Gentleman; as I do not get an extra minute, I am not giving way. I am too close to the end of my speech. In three months’ time, we will see customs duties on parcels from one part of our United Kin…
18 May 2026 Backing Business to Create Economic Growth
The agricultural sector does need help, as do many other sectors besides. Just this day, I had a conversation with a lovely young gentleman—a 14-year-old student from Broxbourne in England. He is a secondary school student, and he told me …
18 May 2026 Backing Business to Create Economic Growth
It is mildly eccentric that this is now the third day of a five-day debate on the King’s Speech when this Government are in crisis, but it is absurd to believe that this Government will be able to back business to create economic growth at…
18 May 2026 Backing Business to Create Economic Growth
The Secretary of State was kind enough to mention Harland & Wolff. Successive Governments have introduced a number of support measures, and have ensured that that company can thrive by itself. However, in taking at face value what the …
28 Apr 2026 Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges
The Leader of the Opposition is right to highlight the cross-party nature of this motion, and to question why a Whip has been put in place on the motion that is before the House. Does she not agree, and should Labour MPs not consider, that…
28 Apr 2026 Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges
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27 Apr 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)
I will not. When we talk of amnesty, I think of Martin Quinn, the brother of Glenn Quinn, and of Mrs Quinn, his mother —an 82-year-old woman who lost her son in January 2020. He was beaten to death by a loyalist paramilitary; he was ter…
27 Apr 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Secretary of State dismisses the allegation that this is all about Dublin, but what was the clarion call over the last week? There was a British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference this week, and he k…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Opposition posts
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Defence) · Opposition Department 1 Jul 2017 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Home Affairs) · Opposition Department 8 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights) · Opposition Department 8 May 2015 – 8 Jun 2017
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Justice) · Opposition Department 8 May 2015 – 8 Jun 2017
Committee memberships
- Defence Sub-Committee 5 Mar 2020 – 30 May 2024
- Defence Committee 2 Mar 2020 – 30 May 2024
- Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill 24 Apr 2024 – 1 May 2024
- Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill) 17 Apr 2024 – 24 Apr 2024
- European Scrutiny Committee 4 Jul 2022 – 23 Apr 2024
- British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill 20 Mar 2024 – 17 Apr 2024
- High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill 6 Mar 2024 – 13 Mar 2024
- Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill 28 Jun 2021 – 6 Jul 2021
- Ecclesiastical Committee 31 Oct 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Committees on Arms Export Controls 10 Oct 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Defence Sub-Committee 12 Sep 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Defence Committee 11 Sep 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Defence Sub-Committee 5 Dec 2016 – 3 May 2017
- Defence Committee 5 Dec 2016 – 3 May 2017
- Ecclesiastical Committee 28 Oct 2015 – 3 May 2017
- Northern Ireland Affairs Committee 6 Jul 2015 – 5 Dec 2016
Previous seats
- Belfast East · Elected 3 times 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
02890 473111
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Strandtown Hall , 96 Belmont Avenue , Belfast , BT4 3DE
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Gavin Robinson, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Gavin Robinson?
Gavin Robinson is a Member of Parliament representing Belfast East in the House of Commons. See Gavin Robinson's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Gavin Robinson represent?
Gavin Robinson sits as Democratic Unionist Party. See Gavin Robinson's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Gavin Robinson represent?
Gavin Robinson is the Member of Parliament for Belfast East. See Gavin Robinson's official Parliament profile.
How long has Gavin Robinson been an MP?
Gavin Robinson has served in the House of Commons for 11 years, 2 months. See Gavin Robinson's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Gavin Robinson?
Gavin Robinson has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Gavin Robinson's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.