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Robert Flello
Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent South

    • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

    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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    More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

    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)

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    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

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    26 February 2013, received £75 from ComRes for January 2013 opinion survey. Address: 4 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. Payment made to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 4 March 2013)
    4. Sponsorships
    (b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
    (b) Address of donor: 39 Ecclestone Square, London SW1V 1BX
    (b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: education allowance of £4,884, and accommodation, to be provided for an intern in my parliamentary office for 10 months, October 2012-July 2013
    (b) Date of receipt: 8 October 2012
    (b) Date of acceptance: 8 October 2012
    (b) Donor status: registered charity
    (b) (Registered 6 February 2013)
    (b) Name of donor: Dr Prasad Rao
    (b) Address of donor: private
    (b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
    (b) Date of receipt: 13 February 2013
    (b) Date of acceptance: 25 February 2013
    (b) Donor status: individual
    (b) (Registered 27 February 2013)

    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.

    Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
    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).

    3 Car £2,986 (323rd). Rail £7,233 (86th). Air £291 (188th).