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Paul Farrelly
Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme

• Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election

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• Voting record
• Topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Paul Farrelly voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
• Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
• Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
• Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
• Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
• Voted moderately for the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
• Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
• Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
• Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes

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• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Education and Skills, Trade and Industry, Health, Treasury, Work and Pensions

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Regeneration (Staffordshire), Tuition Fees, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Education (Staffordshire), Benefit Entitlement (Newcastle-under-Lyme)

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
• Company Law Reform Bill Committee (22 out of 22)
• Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• European Parliament (Representation) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Finance Bill Committee (12 out of 16)
• Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee (4 out of 4)
• Office of Communications Bill Committee (7 out of 8)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (1 Feb 2012)

“If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 1 February.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (1 Feb 2012)

“May I associate myself and the whole House with the Prime Minister’s remarks and his condolences to the families and friends of the two brave soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country? In the past week, chief constables in England and Wales have warned that policing is on a “cliff edge” and is facing a “watershed moment”, as...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Autumn Statement (29 Nov 2011)

“I look forward to meeting the Chancellor over the Prime Minister’s broken promise to award an enterprise zone to north Staffordshire. Regarding lending to small business, can the Chancellor confirm that under his loan guarantee scheme, the credit risk will remain with the banks? If so, how will it work in practice given that the banks have been averse to lending and expanding their...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 3 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 56.74% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 127 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

¹ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,682 (113th). Rail £8,735 (62nd). Misc £500 (74th). Other: Rail £305 (63rd). European £932 (61st).

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,175 (190th). Rail £7,958 (87th). Misc £657 (55th). Other: Mileage £88 (52nd). Rail £29 (168th). European £1,819 (16th).

³ Car £5,098 (138th). Rail £7,522 (78th). European £1,645 (16th).