Hello and welcome to The Rundown, a podcast from Politics Home.

I'm your host, Alan Tollwest, and this week we're continuing our series introducing the political

class of 2024 by profiling new MPs to look out for when the Commons returns month.

Having spoken to new Labour MP, Terry Jeremy,

last week, this time round we have Joe Robertson, the catheterate of MP for the new I Love White

East seat. In a historically bad night for his party, Joe was one of 20s six new Tories to enter

the Commons. So we'll find out what it was like winning that seat as so many others lost theirs,

how the party is rebuilding in opposition, how he's found the first few weeks as a parliamentarian, and what he hopes to achieve from the green benches, and perhaps

even discuss what oil rigs and Slovenia families have in common. All will become clear, I promise.

So firstly, Joe, how did you kind of get into politics in the first place? How did you

end up as the candidate for the Isle of White seat at the general election this year?

So politics is one of those things that I seem to have been interested in it ever since

I can sort of remember as a child really, and then got sort of politically active while

still at school on the Isle of White campaigning for the conservative candidate then, who

then became the MP in the 2001 election.

And then I've been interested involved ever since.

I'm an Arl of White Councillor.

I continue to serve as an Arl of White Councillor.

I'll stand down next year when there are elections.

And I got on the candidates list for the Conservatives a few years ago.

And it's always been an ambition and interest to serve my home in the House of Commons. Yeah, and actually, as I said,

your Isle of White East, this is the first election where the island has been split into two

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