John Robertson (politician)

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John Robertson

John Robertson was elected Labour MP for Glasgow Anniesland, as it was then called – where he was born and grew up – in a by-election in 2000 following the death of former First Minister Donald Dewar, who he had been election agent for.[1] His constituency has been known as Glasgow North West since the May 2005 general election.

Business and trade union career

Before becoming an MP Robertson worked for British Telecom for 31 years, working his way up from an apprentice to management. He was highly active in the Communications Workers Union (CWU) and was West of Scotland chairman of the union Connect for three years, until elected to Parliament.

Pro-nuclear

Robertson has been chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy since 2005,

due to my firm belief that nuclear energy is our best option in terms of tackling climate change. The industry in fast moving, and our group invites various companies in the industry to provide briefings and information on what is happening. This year [2013] we also had the previous Energy Minister address the group, for a discussion on nuclear in the UK’s energy mix. [2]

Commons career

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  • Parliamentary Private Secretary to Yvette Cooper MP, when she was Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2008-2010) [1] and again as Shadow Home Secretary in 2013. His job in the latter is 'to find out what the Party thinks about Labour Party policies and keep our policy relevant to the whole party'.[2]
  • Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Kim Howells as Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2005-2008[3]

Commons Select Committees

All party groups (office-holding)

Current Posts

Register of members' interests

Trips to Nigeria

  • 4-7 May 2008, to Washington DC, as chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria, to consult with US policy and law makers on Nigeria. Flights, accommodation and other costs were met by Chatham House. (Registered 6 June 2008)
  • 30 November-2 December 2007, to Nigeria as chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria, to speak at the Nigeria Leadership Initiative first Christopher Kolade Symposium on Public Service. Flights, accommodation and other costs were met by the Nigeria Leadership Initiative. (Registered 13 December 2007)
  • 30 November-6 December 2008, to Nigeria as a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria, on a fact-finding and relationship building visit. Costs of the visit including flights and accommodation were met by Virgin Nigeria Airways and Shell International. (Registered 15 December 2008)

Israel and Palestine

Gibraltar

Date of visit: 6-11 September 2012 Name of donor: H M Government of Gibraltar Address of donor: 150 Strand, London, WC2R 1JA Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): air fare for myself and my wife with a value of £999.01 and hotel accommodation with a value of £445; total: £1,444.01 Destination of visit: Gibraltar Purpose of visit: Visit as part of a Parliamentary Delegation with the APPG on Gibraltar, to celebrate Gibraltar Day. (Registered 1 November 2012)

Nuclear freebies

Affiliations

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