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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Francois" title="Mark Francois">Mark Francois</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Veterans%27_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Veterans' Affairs">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare and Veterans</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kevan_Jones" title="Kevan Jones">Kevan Jones</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Francois" title="Mark Francois">Mark Francois</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_House_of_Lords" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the House of Lords">Member of the House of Lords</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Lord_Temporal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Temporal">Lord Temporal</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />9 November 2015<br /> <a href="/wiki/Life_Peerage" class="mw-redirect" title="Life Peerage">Life Peerage</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/South_Leicestershire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)">South Leicestershire</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Blaby_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blaby (UK Parliament constituency)">Blaby</a> (1992–2010)</small></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 April 1992 – 30 March 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Lawson" title="Nigel Lawson">Nigel Lawson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alberto_Costa_(British_politician)" title="Alberto Costa (British politician)">Alberto Costa</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-07-17</span>) </span>17 July 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Rachael Maunder</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1991)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oriel_College,_Oxford" title="Oriel College, Oxford">Oriel College, Oxford</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1974–1989 (British Army)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major (United Kingdom)">Major</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coldstream_Guards" title="Coldstream Guards">Coldstream Guards</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Special_Air_Service" title="Special Air Service">Special Air Service</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Andrew Robert George Robathan, Baron Robathan</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span></span> (born 17 July 1951) is a <a href="/wiki/British_people" title="British people">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> politician, who served as <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/South_Leicestershire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)">South Leicestershire</a> (previously <a href="/wiki/Blaby_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blaby (UK Parliament constituency)">Blaby</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a> as well as a <a href="/wiki/Minister_(government)" title="Minister (government)">government minister</a>. </p><p>In September 2014 Robathan announced he would stand down at the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">life peerage</a> in <a href="/wiki/2015_Dissolution_Honours" title="2015 Dissolution Honours">2015 Dissolution Honours</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> being created <b>Baron Robathan</b>, of Poultney in the <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">County of Leicestershire</a>, on 13 October 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Robathan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Robathan was born on 17 July 1951. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Merchant_Taylors%27_School,_Northwood" title="Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood">Merchant Taylors' School</a>, an all-boys <a href="/wiki/Public_school_(United_Kingdom)" title="Public school (United Kingdom)">public school</a> in <a href="/wiki/Northwood,_London" title="Northwood, London">Northwood, London</a>. He went up to read <a href="/wiki/Modern_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern History">Modern History</a> at <a href="/wiki/Oriel_College,_Oxford" title="Oriel College, Oxford">Oriel College</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a>, where he graduated with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> (BA) in 1973, later proceeding <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts_(Oxbridge_and_Dublin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)">Master of Arts</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Robathan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Robathan was <a href="/wiki/Commissioned_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioned officer">commissioned</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Coldstream_Guards" title="Coldstream Guards">Coldstream Guards</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Second_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Lieutenant">Second Lieutenant</a> (on probation) (University Candidate) on 6 October 1974. He was given the <a href="/wiki/Service_number" title="Service number">service number</a> 498738.<sup id="cite_ref-LG_14_January_1975_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LG_14_January_1975-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His commission was confirmed and he was given seniority as a Second Lieutenant from 6 April 1971. He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)">lieutenant</a>, back dated to 6 October 1974, with seniority from 6 April 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-LG_14_April_1975_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LG_14_April_1975-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having attended the <a href="/wiki/Staff_College,_Camberley" title="Staff College, Camberley">Staff College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Camberley" title="Camberley">Camberley</a>, he was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major (United Kingdom)">major</a> on 30 September 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-LG_15_October_1984_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LG_15_October_1984-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served for a period of time with the <a href="/wiki/Special_Air_Service" title="Special Air Service">Special Air Service</a> (SAS),<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and retired on 27 August 1989 being appointed to the Reserve of Officers.<sup id="cite_ref-LG_16_October_1989_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LG_16_October_1989-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He worked for <a href="/wiki/BP" title="BP">BP</a> from 1991 to 1992, but volunteered to return to the Army between January and April 1991 during the First <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>, serving as <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Staff">Chief of Staff</a> of the Prisoner of War Guard Force in <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TlgProf_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TlgProf-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Robathan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Parliamentary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Robathan was elected to <a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_and_Fulham" class="mw-redirect" title="Hammersmith and Fulham">Hammersmith and Fulham</a> Council in May 1990, defeating the then-Labour Mayor in the <a href="/wiki/Eel_Brook_Common" title="Eel Brook Common">Eel Brook</a> Ward.<sup id="cite_ref-TlgProf_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TlgProf-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He resigned as a Councillor in late 1991 to fight the <a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 general election</a>, elected as MP for Blaby in 1992 succeeding <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Lawson" title="Nigel Lawson">Nigel Lawson</a>, the former <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a>. Blaby had a 37% Conservative majority in 1992, but it was considerably reduced by the national swing against the Conservatives and major boundary changes in 1997, creating a rise in Labour support within the constituency. Following a public enquiry by the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)" title="Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)">Electoral Commission</a> and submissions from the public including Robathan, the Blaby constituency was reconfigured as <a href="/wiki/List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Leicestershire_and_Rutland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland">South Leicestershire</a>. </p><p>Robathan served four years on the Defence Select Committee between 1997 and 2001; he was also Chairman of the All-Party Cycling Group, and Vice-Chairman of the All-Party Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group, whilst an <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TlgProf_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TlgProf-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robathan was <a href="/wiki/John_Redwood" title="John Redwood">John Redwood</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Private Secretary">Parliamentary Private Secretary</a> to <a href="/wiki/Iain_Sproat" title="Iain Sproat">Iain Sproat</a>, Minister for Sport, in the Major administration before returning to the backbenches when the Conservatives lost the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>. He returned to the front-bench as <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Trade_and_Industry_(United_Kingdom)" title="Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)">Trade and Industry</a> Spokesman in 2002. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2001_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2001 Conservative Party leadership election">2001 Conservative Party leadership election</a>, Robathan was a notable supporter of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Portillo" title="Michael Portillo">Michael Portillo</a>. After six months on the backbenches, Robathan was appointed Commons Liaison to the Lords and then a Defence Spokesman in which capacity he fought the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2005_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2005 Conservative Party leadership election">2005 Conservative leadership election</a>, Robathan was one of the first MPs to declare his support for <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> being rewarded with one of only five paid posts as <a href="/wiki/Opposition_Chief_Whip" class="mw-redirect" title="Opposition Chief Whip">Opposition Deputy Chief Whip</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TlgProf_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TlgProf-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2010, he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under Secretary of State">Parliamentary Under Secretary of State</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> with responsibility for Welfare and Veterans.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2011, he was a member of the Special Select Committee set up to scrutinise the Bill that became the Armed Forces Act 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2011, campaigners called for him to be sacked after he compared the medal claims of 66,500 veterans of the <a href="/wiki/Arctic_convoys_of_World_War_II" title="Arctic convoys of World War II">Arctic convoys of World War II</a> to the proliferation of honours made by "authoritarian regimes" and "dictators": </p> <dl><dd>"One can look, for instance, at North Korean generals who are covered in medals or Gaddafi or Saddam Hussein... We have taken the view in this country, traditionally, that medals will only be awarded for campaigns that show risk and rigour."<sup id="cite_ref-arc_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Some 3000 sailors died on the convoys - which <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> described as the "worst journey in the world".<sup id="cite_ref-arc_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Portsmouth MPs described his behaviour as "shameful" and "sickening".<sup id="cite_ref-arc_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2012 Robathan was told to calm down by <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Hoyle" title="Lindsay Hoyle">Lindsay Hoyle</a>, the Deputy Speaker, after complaining about noise levels from the public gallery.<sup id="cite_ref-fuze_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fuze-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soldiers from the "historic" 2nd Battalion <a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Fusiliers" title="Royal Regiment of Fusiliers">Royal Regiment of Fusiliers</a> who face being disbanded were "politely applauding MPs who spoke up on their behalf".<sup id="cite_ref-fuze_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fuze-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A former captain contrasted MoD advice that they went to Afghanistan and Iraq to help democracy with the reality of their own threatened ejection from Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-fuze_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fuze-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expenses">Expenses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Robathan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Expenses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Robathan claimed the maximum second home entitlement of £24,006 in the period 2008–09<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though he was not one of the 343 MPs required to repay money by the Legg Report.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCreps_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCreps-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was one of 177 MPs listed by <i>The Daily Telegraph</i> who employed family members.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Independent_Parliamentary_Standards_Authority" title="Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority">Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority</a> report published two years later, whilst tightening the rules, confirmed that a member may employ one relative subject to general conditions relating to expenses.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robathan's expenses were generally in the bottom half of all MPs.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 August 2009, he was quoted in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> newspaper suggesting that MP's salaries be increased to £110,000. These comments were heavily frowned upon by his colleagues in Parliament and the media.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 November 2013, it was reported in <i>The <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Mercury" title="Leicester Mercury">Leicester Mercury</a></i> newspaper and on <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Leicester" title="BBC Radio Leicester">BBC Radio Leicester</a></i> that Robathan had claimed £4,587 expenses to pay for energy bills for his second home.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Robathan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Robathan married Rachael Maunder in December 1991 in Westminster. They have a son (born December 1996), and daughter (born July 1999). Rachael has been a Conservative councillor on <a href="/wiki/Westminster_City_Council" title="Westminster City Council">Westminster City Council</a> since 2010, representing Knightsbridge and Belgravia ward. In 2020, she became Leader of the Council. </p><p>Robathan speaks French and German, and has been admitted as a <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City_of_London" title="Freedom of the City of London">Freeman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Robathan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141019145730/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/MP-Andrew-Robathan-announces-standing/story-22963479-detail/story.html">"MP Andrew Robathan announces he will not be standing again as Conservative candidate for South Leicestershire"</a>. <i>Leicester Mercury</i>. 22 September 2014. 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