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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 moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted for equal gay rights. 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 Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Justice, Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Children, Schools and Families, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Coroners, Chief Coroner, Serco, Special Educational Needs, Debt Collection
(based on written questions asked by Robert Flello and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- 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)
- Sale of Student Loans Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Pensions Bill Committee (18 out of 20)
- Banking Bill Committee (15 out of 17)
- Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 14)
- Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Legal Services Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Charities Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber (16 Mar 2012)
“Sustainable Livestock Bill - Second reading (Day 2) – Robert Flello. ”
- Opposition Day: Backbench Business — [Unallotted half day] — Metal Theft (7 Feb 2012)
“Would it not be extremely embarrassing for this country if the Olympics were disrupted by metal theft?”
- Opposition Day: Backbench Business — [Unallotted half day] — Metal Theft (7 Feb 2012)
“Will the Minister give way?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 45 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 77 written questions in the last year — 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 69.85% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 33 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") 147 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Parliamentary Panel survey questionnaires completed for ComRes, 4 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA in September 2010. Received £75 which was donated to a local charity. Hours: approx 1hr. (Registered 20 October 2010)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Address of donor: Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke, ST4 1RN.
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: provision of council parking permit. Estimated value: £750.
Date of receipt of donation: 1 June 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 1 June 2011
Donor status: local authority
(Registered 19 July 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: War on Want
Address of donor: 44-48 Shepherdess Walk, London N1 7JP
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): approximately £1,000, comprising approximately £600 for flights, approximately £150 for hotel accommodation and approximately £200 for meals and other transport costs.
Destination of visit: Mozambique
Date of visit: 18 to 23 September 2011
Purpose of visit: As co-chair of APPG on Agro-Ecology and with parliamentary interests in sustainable agriculture, to look at farming and food sovereignty issues
(Registered 25 October 2011 )
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. 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).