Dave Robertson.

Robertson's most distinctive parliamentary activity has been on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, where he voted four times against his party's majority position — each time backing amendments that would have added tighter safeguards or devolution protections to the assisted dying legislation. His deviation profile confirms this pattern: he sits 22 percentage points above his party average on supporting assisted dying restrictions. Outside that debate, he has been a consistent Labour loyalist, voting with the party majority 99.2% of the time on other matters.

At 88% participation — slightly above the Commons average — Robertson is an engaged backbencher. His 215 contributions across 145 debates skew heavily toward economy and jobs, local government, and health. He scores strongly with Labour on fiscal responsibility (81%) and workers' rights (84%), and perfectly on progressive taxation (100%). His low scores on parliamentary scrutiny (13%), pro-business measures (17%), and Lords scrutiny (0%) follow the government-loyalist pattern expected of a first-term Labour MP. He sits on the Petitions Committee, a role that suits a constituency-focused parliamentarian.

Much of Robertson's visible activity has been locally targeted: he raised preventable epilepsy deaths in people with learning disabilities in Parliament, coordinated a cross-party group of 60 MPs on postal service failures, and lobbied on inheritance tax relief for farms. Local media coverage over the past 90 days is substantial — 56 articles — though average sentiment is near neutral, suggesting routine reporting rather than controversy or notable success. His specialist public health interest (11 percentage points above party average) appears genuine rather than rhetorical. Data is available from July 2024 onwards only, as this is his first term.