At a glanceDave Robertson is a Labour MP for Lichfield, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 502 votes in Commons divisions (87% attendance), tabled 38 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Dave Robertson did not vote in 73. 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
- Health Bill Committee since 11 Jun 2026
- Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Committee since 21 Jan 2026
- Petitions Committee Committee since 28 Oct 2024
- Lichfield Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Gareth Snell
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 439 of 439 shared votes
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Charlotte Nichols
Labour
100.0% · 430 of 430 shared votes
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Sir Nicholas Dakin
Labour
100.0% · 427 of 427 shared votes
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Josh MacAlister
Labour
100.0% · 424 of 424 shared votes
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Carolyn Harris
Labour
100.0% · 409 of 409 shared votes
Votes least like
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 152 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 305 shared votes
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George Freeman
Conservative
1.1% · 3 of 277 shared votes
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Sir James Cleverly
Conservative
1.2% · 4 of 339 shared votes
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Wendy Morton
Conservative
1.3% · 4 of 299 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.
Miscellaneous2
- Member of Lichfield City Council. This was an unpaid role. (registered 26 Nov 2024)
- Member of Lichfield District Council. This was an unpaid role. (registered 26 Nov 2024)
Written questions
Employment: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what share of employment-support funding associated with the increase in spending to over £3.5 billion by 2028-29 has not been allocated to specific programmes and interventions.
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
DWP conducts annual planning rounds, through which it confirms the funding for individual programmes. Allocations for future years will be confirmed as part of the 2027/28 and 2028/29 Main Estimates.
Employment: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Spending Review, if he will publish a breakdown of the funding allocations contributing to employment-support funding of over £3.5 billion by 2028-29 in each financial year from 20
Answer · 9 Jul 2026
The Spending Review was focused on 3 financial years running 26/27, 27/28 and 28/29, therefore, allocation of this funding does not apply to the 25/26 financial year. DWP conducts annual planning rounds, through which it confirms the funding for individua...
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, ?what steps she is taking to help ensure that the UK has sovereign AI capacity.
Answer · 20 May 2026
AI is critical to the UK’s economic prosperity, public services and national security. The £500 million Sovereign AI Fund will help promising British AI companies to grow and anchor in the UK. It is complemented by the AI Research Resource and AI Growth Z...
Crime: Victims
To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Crown Prosecution Service's communications with victims of crime.
Answer · 19 Mar 2026
I recognise that the way the CPS communicates with victims has not always met the high standard that victims have every right to expect.I am determined to put this right.The CPS Victim Transformation Programme is a step in the right direction, but it must...
Freight: Large Goods Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support small and medium enterprises in haulage to transition to low-emission heavy good vehicles.
Answer · 13 Mar 2026
The Government has kickstarted the deployment of zero emission heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and their supporting charging and fuelling infrastructure through initiatives such as the Plug-In Truck Grant, the Depot Charging Scheme, and the Zero Emission HGV ...
Teachers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the maths-teacher recruitment target for postgraduate initial teacher training course entries in 2025-26.
Answer · 23 Mar 2026
The target was calculated using the Teacher Workforce Model and accounts for the following, among other factors: projected pupil numbers, teachers that are expected to leave service and require replacement, and teachers we expect to join from routes other...
Driving Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has estimated the proportion of driving licence addresses which are inaccurate.
Answer · 6 Mar 2026
No such estimate has been made as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) would only become aware of a potentially inaccurate address when informed by customers. Driving licence holders are legally responsible for notifying the DVLA of a change of ...
Driving Licences: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many prosecutions of driving licence holders there have been for failure to notify of a change of address in the most recent year for which information is available.
Answer · 6 Mar 2026
No such estimate has been made as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) would only become aware of a potentially inaccurate address when informed by customers. Driving licence holders are legally responsible for notifying the DVLA of a change of ...
Early day motions
| 12 Jun 2025 | Congratulating Spark Burntwood on their tenth anniversary | 2 sig. |
| 12 Jun 2025 | Congratulating Pauline Cox on 60 years of volunteering with Girlguiding | 3 sig. |
| 12 Feb 2025 | 80th anniversary of Lichfield Society of Artists | 3 sig. |
| 5 Feb 2025 | Pathway Project 32 year anniversary | 4 sig. |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Congratulating Kathleen Coy on 60 years of volunteering with Scouts | 4 sig. |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Congratulating Dr Neville Brown, Britain's oldest teacher | 5 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
As I am sure the Minister knows, I have been a trade unionist since I started my teaching career some years ago. I have been involved in a number of industrial actions over that time, as a teacher and member of a trade union and as a trade…
9 Jul 2026 British Industry Supercharger: Ceramics
I thank the Secretary of State for giving way, and I apologise to my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell) for not quite being able to get here for the kick-off. The Secretary of State talks about the importance …
9 Jul 2026 British Industry Supercharger: Ceramics
Will the Secretary of State give way?
9 Jul 2026 Farm Business Sustainability
Farmers across Lichfield, Burntwood and the villages know that one of the most important things for them to make their businesses work is access to fertiliser at a price that allows them to be profitable. What can the Government do to ensu…
9 Jul 2026 Farm Business Sustainability
1. What steps she is taking to support the long-term financial sustainability of farm businesses.
9 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)
To quote the Precision Health Technologies Accelerator at the University of Birmingham, very close to my Lichfield constituency, its leadership has been supportive of the removal of tariffs from pharmaceuticals, saying that the introductio…
9 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)
I very much appreciate that intervention, and I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on getting published in a very important journal. I am not in any way saying that the Secretary of State should not have any regard—[Interruption.] Now that he…
9 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)
I absolutely join the hon. Member in thanking those service personnel who do so much good around the world, but I wonder whether it is appropriate to ask the Secretary of State for Defence to focus on public health. It is absolutely right…
9 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)
My hon. Friend makes an important point about the centrality of public health to the founding of the NHS. Earlier in Committee, I said that the NHS was the greatest gift the Labour party had ever given the country, and I fundamentally beli…
9 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting)
It is always a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Lewell. I will speak briefly on new clauses 79 and 80. I really like the intent of these new clauses, and the idea of Government working better and more together, public health being more…
7 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Thirteenth sitting)
I am just about to conclude, so I will allow the hon. Lady to come back when she makes her speech shortly. The final point I want to make is about local government. I hope the Secretary of State will issue guidance on how local governme…
7 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Thirteenth sitting)
I will make some progress. There are concerns that if we roll some responsibilities into ICBs or councils, the Department needs to make sure that the issue does not get pushed to the side and that the funding does genuinely remain for pati…
7 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Thirteenth sitting)
In isolation, that criticism would be legitimate, but, alongside other changes being introduced, there are ways to mitigate that problem. I am concerned that local healthwatch branches are not truly local. The healthwatch in Staffordshi…
7 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Thirteenth sitting)
Funding Healthwatch is really important, but to address the issue properly, we must make sure that Healthwatch is in the rooms it needs to be in. Funding needs to be part of the process that ICBs follow. I will touch on that later, so the …
7 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Thirteenth sitting)
It is, as ever, a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Lewell. Healthwatch was established, at least in part, as a response to the Mid Staffs scandal. Mid Staffs came up three times in our evidence sessions, and the hon. Member for Winc…
6 Jul 2026 Ceramics Industry
It is a pleasure to sum up this debate, although my thanks will be a bit out of order, because I want to start with my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley (Linsey Farnsworth). It has been an incredibly difficult year for her and her co…
6 Jul 2026 Ceramics Industry
It seems like Cornwall has come mob-handed today; I am getting it from both sides. My hon. Friend is right, and that goes back to the point about reindustrialising the nation. We have heard for so long about deindustrialised areas and form…
6 Jul 2026 Ceramics Industry
My good and hon. Friend is right to raise the importance of energy costs to industry across the United Kingdom. Ceramics, though, is the hardest industry to decarbonise. It is therefore right that the Government are looking at a specific c…
6 Jul 2026 Ceramics Industry
I beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 764785 relating to support for the ceramics industry. It is a pleasure, as ever, to see you in the Chair, Dr Murrison. Before I get going, I declare that I am a member of the g…
2 Jul 2026 Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)
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Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Crown Estate Bill [HL] 29 Jan 2025 – 6 Feb 2025
Elections contested
- Lichfield 12 Dec 2019
Expenses
Contact & offices
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Dave Robertson, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Dave Robertson?
Dave Robertson is a Member of Parliament representing Lichfield in the House of Commons. See Dave Robertson's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Dave Robertson represent?
Dave Robertson sits as Labour. See Dave Robertson's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Dave Robertson represent?
Dave Robertson is the Member of Parliament for Lichfield. See Dave Robertson's official Parliament profile.
How long has Dave Robertson been an MP?
Dave Robertson has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Dave Robertson's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Dave Robertson?
Dave Robertson has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Dave Robertson's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.