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Sir Robert Goodwill

Conservative Scarborough and Whitby M
Sir Robert Goodwill is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for Scarborough and Whitby, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £0 / £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings £0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared) £0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Ministerial activity

Records on file 164
135 meetings · 16 hospitality · 0 gifts · 13 overseas trips · 2014-01-01 → 2026-05-01

Recent meetings · latest 20 of 135

Date Met with Purpose Source
2026-05-01 Introductory meeting department-for-education
2026-05-01 Introductory meeting department-for-education
2026-05-01 Introductory meeting department-for-education
2026-05-01 Introductory meeting department-for-education
2026-05-01 Introductory meeting department-for-education
2026-05-01 To discuss Children's social care and general introduction department-for-education
2019-07-18 To discuss regulation of the game industry department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
2019-07-11 To discuss future farming and EU exit department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
2019-07-11 To discuss EU exit department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
2019-07-11 To discuss rural affairs and future farming department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
2019-07-08 To discuss trade, logistics, labour and EU exit department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
2019-07-08 To discuss new entrants, skills and enterprise department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
2019-07-08 To discuss smoking process and Protected Geographical Indicator status and EU exit department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
2019-07-08 To discuss trading conditions and EU exit department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
2019-07-03 To discuss farmer welfare and state of the industry department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
2019-07-02 To discuss future farming including labour and pesticides department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
2019-06-26 discuss whisky exports post EU department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
2019-06-26 discuss availability of pesticides for farmers department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
2019-06-25 discuss Fisheries Bill and fisheries conservation department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
2019-06-21 discuss future farm livestock policy post EU department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

Recent hospitality

Date Host Type Value
2019-07-11 Lunch
2019-07-02 Lunch
2019-04-02 Dinner with agriculture policy discussion
2019-01-01 Nil Return
2014-06-24 Dinner
2014-06-18 Dinner
2014-06-17 Dinner
2014-06-11 Dinner
2014-05-21 Dinner
2014-05-20 Dinner
2014-01-01 Dinner
2014-01-01 Dinner
2014-01-01 Dinner
2014-01-01 Dinner
2014-01-01
2014-01-01 Dinner

Recent overseas travel

Dates Destination Purpose Total cost
Brazil Trade visit, including meetings with Transport Ministers on road safety and the Vehicle Certification Agency
Luxembourg EU Transport Council
Brussels, Belgium
Eurostar
Agriculture and Fisheries EU Council of Ministers
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Flight
Agriculture and Fisheries EU Council of Ministers
Bucharest, Romania
Flight
Agriculture and Fisheries Informal EU Council of Ministers
Brussels, Belgium
Eurostar
Agriculture and Fisheries EU Council of Ministers
Niigata, Japan
Flight
G20 Agriculture Ministers
Luxembourg city Luxembourg
Flight
Agriculture and Fisheries EU Council of Ministers
Guernsey British Irish Council Summit
Luxembourg EU Transport Council
Paris Freight Conference
Brussels EU Transport Council
Abu Dhabi Rail Trade Visit
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage: HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.

Constituencies represented

2010-05-062024-05-30
Scarborough and Whitby
2005-05-052010-05-06
Scarborough and Whitby

Party history

2005-05-052024-05-30
Conservative

Government posts

2019-03-052019-07-25
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
2017-06-122018-01-09
Minister of State (Education)
2016-07-152017-06-11
Minister of State (Home Office) (Immigration)
2013-10-072016-07-15
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
2012-09-062013-10-07
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
2010-05-122012-09-06
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

Opposition posts

2007-07-032010-05-06
Shadow Minister (Transport)
2006-11-082007-07-03
Opposition Whip (Commons)

Committee memberships

2005-07-122006-12-11
Transport Committee
2020-03-022022-07-11
Environmental Audit Committee
2018-01-222019-11-06
Environmental Audit Committee
2020-03-022024-05-30
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2018-03-052019-04-08
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2020-11-102024-05-30
Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act
2021-05-122021-06-24
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
2021-09-152021-11-04
Nationality and Borders Bill
2022-01-192022-01-26
Down Syndrome Bill
2022-05-252024-05-30
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Chair +£16,422/yr
2022-05-252024-05-30
Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements
2022-05-252024-05-30
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2024-04-172024-04-24
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

No contact details recorded.

APPGs (2026) · 5 active officership(s) · 9 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Bus and Coach Industry
Subject Group
Chair & Registered Contact Beyond2050 6 2024-01-09
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Game and Wildlife Conservation
Subject Group
Chair & Registered Contact 4 2025-05-26
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Microbiome
Subject Group
Secretary 5 2023-05-28
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Latvia
Country Group
Officer 6 2023-04-15
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Thrombosis
Subject Group
Vice Chair Thrombosis UK 4 2024-05-26
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Commons votes · 2026

No Commons votes recorded for 2026.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

No written questions tabled in 2026.

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are MPs who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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