Dave Robertson MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Lichfield is Dave Robertson (Labour).
Offices and committees
Dave Robertson sits on 2 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill | 21 January 2026 | Current |
| Petitions Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Health Bill | 11 June 2026 | 16 July 2026 |
| Crown Estate Bill [HL] | 29 January 2025 | 6 February 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 9b1aa7ecc6c9.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests API returned no entries for Dave Robertson when read on 28 October 2026.
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Dave Robertson's office spent £156,634 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. IPSA lists office spending of £26,292 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £156,633.76 |
| Office costs: spent | £26,292.32 |
| Accommodation: spent | £10,276.10 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £19,417.85 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Lichfield CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Constituency Support Officer (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Researcher (fixed term full time), Senior Communication Officer (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Policy Assistant (fixed term full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Executive Officer (fixed term part time), Intern ×2 (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Dave Robertson is recorded voting in 543 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 62 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 21 October 2026 Dave Robertson voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 41 written questions from Dave Robertson since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Transport, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and 2 other departments.
Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor for Exchequer on alternative financing models for rolling stock.
Employment Schemes: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2026 to Question UIN 15107, if he will publish, for 2026–27, a) the amount of funding allocated to each individual employment support programme and b) the amount spent s …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 ef4460345312. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Dave Robertson.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Lichfield returned Dave Robertson with a majority of 810: 17,232 votes, 35.1% of those cast, against 16,422 for Michael Fabricant. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Lichfield figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.