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Lichfield

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Apr 2026

A marginal seat — won by just 810 votes (1.7%) in 2024. Covers Lichfield, Burntwood and Handsacre and Armitage. Population 97,049, notably older (median age 47 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 40% below the national average.

Robertson's most notable deviation from the Labour mainstream has come on assisted dying. Across multiple votes in 2025 and 2026, he backed additional safeguards and restrictions to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill -- consistently voting for amendments his party majority opposed. Outside that, he has been an active constituency campaigner: pressing ministers on preventable epilepsy deaths among people with learning disabilities, rallying over 60 MPs behind a debate on the postal service, coordinating cross-party action on rural telecoms blackspots, and lobbying for a higher inheritance tax threshold for farms. Local coverage has been broadly positive on these fronts.

Otherwise, Robertson is a highly loyal government MP -- voting with Labour on 99% of divisions. He participates in 87% of votes, slightly above the Commons average. His stance profile shows consistent support for progressive taxation, the government's budget position, and workers' rights, with no recorded votes in favour of tax cuts or pro-business deregulation. He is notably more supportive of assisted dying access than the parliamentary Labour average (75% vs 59%). Speeches span economy and jobs, defence, education, cost of living, and local government, suggesting a broad rather than specialist focus.

406
Commons votes
This parliament
£30k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
76.1k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab took this seat from Con after 4 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Dave Robertson

Dave Robertson

Labour Party

Dave Robertson is the Labour MP for Lichfield, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Notable Votes

Vote on New Clause 2 to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, debated alongside related amendments including provisions on guidance, devolution, and regulatory consultation. The excerpts focus on New Clause 20, which would require the Secretary of State to issue guidance (consulting chief medical officers and palliative/hospice care providers) and enable Welsh Ministers to issue guidance on devolved health matters.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

Vote on New Clause 1 to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, a private member's bill on assisted dying. Based on available debate context, this was one of several amendments considered at Report Stage, with the bill's sponsor Kim Leadbeater presenting changes developed with government legal and health officials to make the legislation workable.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

Vote on whether to strengthen the advertising ban in the Assisted Dying Bill by requiring that any advertising restrictions also cover situations where advertisers know their adverts could influence vulnerable people's choices — going further than the basic ban proposed by the bill's sponsor Kim Leadbeater.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

A marginal seat — won by just 810 votes (1.7%) in 2024. Covers Lichfield, Burntwood and Handsacre and Armitage. Population 97,049, notably older (median age 47 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 40% below the national average.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Robertson’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.443 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Robertson has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
94
Economy
86
Crime & Policing
42
Employment
41
Education
40
Constitution and Democracy
27
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 213 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 113 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 1413 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
§ 08The local picture.19 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
Alrewas FradleyDerick George Cross682Conserva
Alrewas FradleyMike Wilcox748Conserva
Alrewas FradleySonia Elizabeth Wilcox695Conserva
AngleseyAli Chaudhry729Labour P
AngleseySyed Hussain910Labour P
Armitage With HandsacreNicola Jayne Hawkins665Conserva
Armitage With HandsacreRichard Ernest Cox823Conserva
Armitage With HandsacreTom Marshall749Conserva
BlytheColin Whittaker362Independ
Boley ParkDouglas Robert Pullen678Conserva
Boley ParkMark Andrew Warfield660Conserva
Boney Hay CentralDi Evans731Labour P
Population (2021 Census)
97,049
Electorate 76,118 · 2024 register
Median income
£29,900
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
12.6%
England average 20.0%
Schools
56
37 primary · 7 secondary
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