Paul Farrelly’s voting in Parliament

Paul Farrelly is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, Paul Farrelly sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Paul Farrelly generally voted against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests, while most Labour MPs almost always voted for. Show votes
• Paul Farrelly generally voted against greater regulation of gambling, while most Labour MPs generally voted for. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Paul Farrelly’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Paul Farrelly’s full vote analysis page for more.

Paul Farrelly has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 29 Jun 2017

Recent appearances

• Cabinet Office and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Democratic Engagement 5 Jul 2017

  In terms of democratic engagement, we had unprecedented problems in Newcastle-under-Lyme during the general election with late and missing postal votes, and with people being turned away from polling stations over registration issues. I have written to the First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office about that, an investigation is under way, and I will apply for an...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Leaving the EU: Creative Industries 29 Jun 2017

  Newspapers and the media are very much part of our creative industries, so as we leave the EU, could the Minister explain what the Department’s policy is on the future of section 40 and Leveson 2, both of which are very relevant to the industry as it, too, prepares for Brexit?

• Early Parliamentary General Election 19 Apr 2017

  The Prime Minister pledged time and again not to call an early election. In her Easter message, she talked greatly of her Christian values, so will she explain why she has such a loose and complicated relationship with telling the truth?

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Profile

Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme

Entered the House of Commons on 7 June 2001 — General election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• https://facebook.com/PaulFarrelly4Newcastle

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Paul Farrelly campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Education and Skills
• Trade and Industry
• Health
• Treasury
• Work and Pensions
• Regeneration (Staffordshire)
• Tuition Fees
• University Hospital of North Staffordshire
• Education (Staffordshire)
• Benefit Entitlement (Newcastle-under-Lyme)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) (14 Jul 2011 to 12 Mar 2012)
• Member, Consolidation Bills (Joint Committee) (6 Dec 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Commons) (15 Dec 2003 to 17 Jul 2005)
• Member, Unopposed Bills (Panel) (14 Nov 2002 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) (12 Dec 2001 to 6 May 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Llin Golding
• John Golding
• Stephen Swingler
• John Mack
• Josiah Wedgwood
• Alfred Haslam
• William Allen
• Douglas Coghill
• William Allen
• Charles Donaldson-Hudson
• William Allen
• Samuel Edge
• William Allen
• Edmund Buckley
• William Allen
• Edmund Buckley
• William Allen
• William Murray
• Samuel Christy
• John Colquhoun
• John Harris
• Edmund Buckley
• William Miller
• Spencer De Horsey
• William Miller
• Edmund Peel
• Henry Willoughby
• William Miller
• Edmund Peel
• Richardson Borradaile
• John Denison
• William Wilmot
• John Chetwode
• John Boughey
• John Chetwode
• George Leveson-Gower
• John Boughey
• Edward Bootle
• James Macdonald
• Edward Bootle
• James Macdonald
• Edward Bootle
• Robert Lawley
• Edward Bootle

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Defamation Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• 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)

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• Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Paul Farrelly’s speeches
• Has received answers to 5 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 100.00% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above 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 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 130 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Paul Farrelly’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 196 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)