Joe Robertson.

Robertson's most distinctive parliamentary act has been backing the Tobacco and Vapes Bill twice — at Second and Third Reading in November 2024 and March 2025 — despite his party's majority voting against it both times. That made him one of the relatively few Conservatives to support Labour's generational smoking ban. Otherwise he votes with the Conservative line at 99.5%, opposing the government's carbon budgets and climate regulations in June 2026, supporting the opposition's defence spending motions, and voting consistently against tax increases and workers' rights measures.

His participation rate of 75% sits below the Commons average, though 588 contributions across 210 debates suggests active engagement when present. Economy and jobs dominate his speeches, followed by local government, fiscal policy, social care and health — the last of which aligns with his seat on the Health and Social Care Committee. On the stances measured, he is harder than the average Conservative on criminal justice reform and slightly less restrictive than party colleagues on assisted dying, though the sample sizes are modest.

The strongest thread running through his local work is island-specific advocacy. He has introduced a private member's bill targeting ferry pricing — covered twice by the BBC under the "rip-off prices" framing — convened stakeholders around the Sandown regeneration effort, organised a jobs fair for East Wight constituents, and publicly criticised the government for cancelling the Islands Forum. News coverage over the past 90 days is high-volume but neutral in tone, spread across culture, crime and transport stories. No significant negative coverage appears in the available data.