Geoffrey Robinson | |
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| 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 | 25 May 1938 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.