Chris Robertshaw's website

Thank you

I am humbled to have received so many of your votes today and am honoured to continue as a representative for Douglas East in the House of Keys.

Over the next five years I will be proud to fight on your behalf and for the commitments I made to you within my manifesto.

Thank you.

Chris

Manx Radio Election Interviews

Interviewed by Jason Roberts on Perspective, on Thursday, July 21, 2011

Interviewed by John Moss on Mandate, on Friday, July 15, 2011

Letter to Voters

Dear Voter,

Before sending you my latest manifesto I thought I should write to you telling you something of what I have been doing since I was elected to the House of Keys just over a year ago.

2011 General election - Candidature

Press Release 16th May 2011

Chris Robertshaw MHK wishes to confirm that he will be putting his name forward as a candidate at the forthcoming general election for the constituency of Douglas East.

Elected for the first time a year ago in a by–election he chose to stay outside of government, preferring to spend the year getting up to speed and scrutinising the work of each department. He also sat on four select committees during the year, chairing two of them.

Chris Robertshaw tel 494318

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Protecting our lifeline

Who would be best able to protect our ferry lifeline?

Protecting our ferry lifeline is not the same thing as protecting the interests of the current owners any more than it is about pretending that the user agreement has served us well. Protecting our lifeline is simply about ensuring the Isle of Man has a good quality, value for money reliable service that serves our various needs well. In the heat of the current debate it would be very easy to lose sight of this important principle.

Manx Radio Mandate election inteview

To download my manifesto please click on the link below.

Attachments:
Chris Robertshaw manifesto.pdf	[My Manifesto September 2011]	3103 Kb

A View from the Inside

Talk given at PAG's 28th March 2011 public meeting "Identifying Election Issues".

I expect some of you will wish to put forward particular issues you feel strongly about so I thought a more general view gleaned from the fairly short time I have been a member of the Keys might provide another dimension to tonight’s meeting.

I have called it ‘a view from the inside’.

As a preface to what follows I would like to say that anyone might be forgiven for thinking that I am simply a closed minded critic with nothing good to say.

I hope nothing is further from the truth for the Isle of Man is a deeply blessed place in having its own parliament. That such a small community has the potential to so significantly decide its own fate is indeed remarkable – we have a great gift – a gift that should provide us all with an opportunity to make a difference.

Parliamentary windows fly open!

From now on visitors to the Tynwald website will not just be able to see the Order Paper in advance of the sitting but will also be able to click through to all documents which support each item on the Order Paper. This gives everyone a much better and higher level of access to the information before the court sits, so, if you have a particular subject you feel strongly about, why not check to see if it is on the upcoming Order Paper. If it is, read up on it and then tell me what you think before the sitting. To access the order paper go to www.tynwald.org.im then click on official papers then order papers, then for example, if you wish to see the Order Paper for Tuesday the 19th October 2010 click first on 2010-2011 and then 19th October 2010. Good hunting.

Chris Robertshaw