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Joe Robertson, MP for Isle of Wight East

Joe Robertson has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions); Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons); Immigration and Asylum Bill; Court of Referees; Health and Social Care Committee.

Roles and committees

Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.

In opposition

PostWhen
Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions)2026 to nowNow
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons))2026 to nowNow

Committees

PostWhen
Immigration and Asylum Bill2026 to nowNow
Health Bill2026
Courts and Tribunals Bill2026
Railways Bill2026
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill2025
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]2025
Football Governance Bill [HL]2025
Crime and Policing Bill2025
Show the other 3
PostWhen
Court of Referees2025 to nowNow
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]2025
Health and Social Care Committee2024 to nowNow

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.

Joe Robertson has 4 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPEast Wight Patrons Club - £1,888.747 Jan 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesClassic FM - £307.704 Nov 2025
Employment and earningsCouncillor - Isle of Wight Council1 Aug 2024
Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employmentAgreement - £841.131 Aug 2024

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.

Joe Robertson asked 503 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Transport255
Department of Health and Social Care79
Treasury44
Home Office23
Ministry of Justice17

Latest questions

10 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 17 Sep 2026
10 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 17 Sep 2026
10 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 17 Sep 2026
10 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 17 Sep 2026
10 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 17 Sep 2026

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.

PAID IN 2025-26
£18,469
Office costs · claims for running an office£5,865
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£12,604

53 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Joe Robertson represents Isle of Wight East. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Joe Robertson

Conservative

MAJORITY
3,323

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
61%

of people who could vote did

Joe Robertson won with 31% of the votes, and Sarah Morris (Reform UK) came second with 21%.

Votes for each party

Conservative31% · 10,427
Reform UK21% · 7,104
Green Party19% · 6,313
Labour18% · 6,264
Liberal Democrat10% · 3,550
Independent1% · 420
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Joe RobertsonConservative10,42730.6%
Sarah MorrisReform UK7,10420.8%
Vix LowthionGreen Party6,31318.5%
Emily BrothersLabour6,26418.4%
Michael LilleyLiberal Democrat3,55010.4%
David GroocockIndependent4201.2%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£614 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.4%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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How they vote

In the last 12 months Joe Robertson took part in 206 Commons votes.

More detail on how they vote

Joe Robertson voted the same way as their party in 204 of the 204 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.

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

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Has this changed over time?

90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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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