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.

Robinson was born in Sheffield, England, and educated at Emanuel School in Battersea, London, Clare College, Cambridge, and Yale University.

[1] A change of government led to a swift demise for the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation, and in 1970 Robinson joined British Leyland, the company in the creation of which he had been instrumental.

[1] His initial job title was "Staff executive, facilities planning", but after four months he was promoted to the position of Financial Controller.

He occupied a similar non-executive role in the subsequent Triumph Motorcycles (Meriden) Ltd that the co-operative became when he helped negotiate away its debt with the new Conservative Thatcher government in 1981, although he left before the firm eventually closed in 1983.

In November 1997 it was revealed by Chris Blackhurst in an article for the Independent on Sunday that Robinson had been a discretionary beneficiary of a £12.75 million offshore trust for him and his family established by Joska Bourgeois, called Orion, based in the tax haven of Guernsey.

[12][13] As a result of the book's revelation that Robinson had failed to register the receipt of £200,000 from Robert Maxwell, he was suspended for three weeks from the House of Commons in October 2001.

An email appeared to show Beales and Robinson discussing introductions to prominent members of the local Labour party.

A second email, addressed to senior members of the local party, stated categorically that Mr Robinson would stand down before the next election; it appears the local Labour party was concerned Labour HQ would deprive them of an opportunity to freely choose the next candidate by strongly referencing Beales.

He denied the allegations, stating: "at no time did he ever pass confidential government documents or information to any foreign agent and he did not have access to such material.

In 1997, when Robinson was made Paymaster General, he was forced to stand down from the board because members of the government were not permitted to hold directorships.