Geoffrey Robinson (politician)

Geoffrey Robinson
Official portrait, 2017
Paymaster General
In office 2 May 1997 – 23 December 1998
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Michael Bates
Succeeded by	Dawn Primarolo
Member of Parliament for Coventry North West
In office 4 March 1976 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	Maurice Edelman
Succeeded by	Taiwo Owatemi
Personal details
Born	(1938-05-25) 25 May 1938 (age 86) Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Marie Elena Giorgio
Children	2
Alma mater	Clare College, Cambridge Yale University

Geoffrey Robinson (born 25 May 1938) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North West for 43 years, from 1976 to 2019. He was Paymaster General from May 1997 to December 1998, resigning after The bankruptcy of his company Trans Tec. It was revealed that he had lent his government colleague Peter Mandelson £373,000 to buy a house. From 1996 to 2008 he was the owner of the New Statesman, a centre-left weekly political magazine.