Early life
Robinson was born on 23 August 1955. She studied law and worked as a chartered accountant. [4] She ran an accountancy practice in Preston called Robinson Rose Ltd with her husband,Stephen,but this went into administration and was acquired by the Champion Group in 2008. [5] [6] In 2012,she founded a fashion design business,Mary Felicity Design Ltd,with her daughter Felicity. [7] [8] [9]
She unsuccessfully stood as the Conservative candidate in the Howick &Priory ward of South Ribble Borough Council in Preston in 2003, [10] but was subsequently elected in the same ward in 2007,when her husband Stephen was also elected as a councillor on the same Council. [11]
Parliamentary career
Robinson was selected as the Conservative candidate for Cheadle in 2013 and stood down as a councillor on South Ribble Borough Council. Her husband also stood down as a councillor and,in the local election that followed,the Liberal Democrats won one of the vacant seats left by the couple. [12] She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheadle at the 2015 general election,achieving a swing of 12.2% against the incumbent Liberal Democrat MP Mark Hunter. [13]
In 2016,Robinson was one of a number of Conservative MPs investigated by police,for allegedly spending more than the legal limit on constituency election campaign expenses;the police passed her file to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), [14] who decided that no criminal charges would be brought. [15]
She was opposed to Brexit before the 2016 referendum. [16]
Robinson held her seat at the 2017 general election and 2019 election with a slightly reduced majority.
In Parliament,Robinson served on the European Statutory Instruments Committee and Levelling Up,Housing and Communities Committee. [17] She previously served on the Administration Committee in 2017.
In 2020,Robinson became Chair and Registered Contact for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Whistleblowing. [18] The group has been working to promote an Office of the Whistleblower which was introduced in a private members bill from her APPG colleague,Baroness Kramer. [19]
At the 2024 general election,Tom Morrison defeated Mary Robinson with a majority of 12,235,in the first election using the constituency's new boundaries. [20]
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