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Robert Flello
Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent South
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Robert Flello voted on key issues:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Justice, Home Department, Education, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Children, Schools and Families
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Coroners, Young Offenders, Chief Coroner, Offenders: Fines, Young Offenders: Special Educational Needs
(based on written questions asked by Robert Flello and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
- Presumption of Death Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Defamation Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law Of Succession) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Crime and Security Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Finance Bill Committee (14 out of 18)
- Pensions Bill Committee (18 out of 20)
- Banking Bill Committee (15 out of 17)
- Sale of Student Loans Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 14)
- Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Legal Services Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Charities Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Employment and Support Allowance (Appeals) (21 May 2013)
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- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Youth Justice and Criminal Justice Act 1999 (21 May 2013)
“We accept that section 28 is not easy to implement, but given the many recent appalling cases involving character assassination and the bullying of vulnerable witnesses, is it not now time to implement, as one measure, the approach proposed by many, including the Advocacy Training Council in its report “Raising the Bar”, of introducing compulsory training and certification for...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Legal Aid (21 May 2013)
“More than 70% of the public, according to a poll in today’s papers, think that the Secretary of State’s cuts to criminal legal aid will lead to innocent people being convicted. Does he really think that miscarriages of justice are a price worth paying for his mismanagement of the justice budget?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 50 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 172 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 73.07% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 42 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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") 186 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £12,793 (468th) | £20,797 (357th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £22,672 (94th) | £24,990 (55th) | £27,140 (60th) | £29,801 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £98,586 (215th) | £86,854 (356th) | £78,546 (490th) | £68,067 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £8,980 (310th) | £9,389 (243rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £10,094 (196th)1 | £11,225 (173rd)2 | £10,510 (197th)3 | £10,114 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £57 (joint 370th with 1 other) | £402 (239th) | £1,300 (86th) | £503 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £84 (334th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,998 (joint 8th with 4 others) | £2,654 (4th) | £3,704 (32nd) | £1,722 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,345 (120th) | £14,983 (13th) | £5,104 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,376 (joint 84th with 2 others) | £1,255 (61st) | £1,255 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £160,181 (195th) | £162,116 (75th) | £159,548 (22nd) | £138,200 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,743 (207th). Rail £5,577 (159th). Other: Mileage £87 (51st). European £687 (77th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,993 (115th). Rail £5,942 (156th). Other: Rail £290 (63rd).