Rt Hon Gavin Robinson, MP for Belfast East
Gavin Robinson has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Defence) (Opposition Department) | 2017 to 2024 | |
| Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Justice) (Opposition Department) | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (Opposition Department) | 2015 to 2024 | |
| Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights) (Opposition Department) | 2015 to 2017 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2024 | |
| Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill) | 2024 | |
| British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill | 2024 | |
| High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill | 2024 | |
| European Scrutiny Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill | 2021 | |
| Defence Sub-Committee | 2020 to 2024 |
Show the other 9
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Defence Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Committees on Arms Export Controls | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Defence Sub-Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Defence Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Defence Sub-Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Defence Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 2015 to 2016 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Gavin Robinson has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Isle of Man between 05 July 2026 and 07 July 2026 | 23 Jul 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | 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. | 6 Aug 2019 |
| Miscellaneous | Chair of EastSide Tourism Ltd, which promotes East Belfast as a tourist destination. This is an unpaid role. | 6 Aug 2019 |
| Family members employed | John Robinson employed | 1 Aug 2016 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Gavin Robinson asked 53 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
75 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Gavin Robinson represents Belfast East. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Democratic Unionist Party
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Gavin Robinson won with 47% of the votes, and Naomi Long (Alliance) came second with 40%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Robinson | Democratic Unionist Party | 19,894 | 46.6% |
| Naomi Long | Alliance | 17,218 | 40.3% |
| John Ross | Traditional Unionist Voice | 1,918 | 4.5% |
| Ryan Warren | Ulster Unionist Party | 1,818 | 4.3% |
| Brian Smyth | Green Party Northern Ireland | 1,077 | 2.5% |
| Séamas De Faoite | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 619 | 1.4% |
| Ryan North | Independent | 162 | 0.4% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
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Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Gavin Robinson took part in 156 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Gavin Robinson voted the same way as their party in 153 of the 154 votes where parties gave instructions (99%), and went the other way in 1.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (1)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct | Mental health: a proposed change | Against | For |
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 95% | 99% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 96% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 98% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this