A selection of Paul Farrelly’s votes

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• Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 2 votes for, 2 votes against, 2 absences, between 2010–2016.
• Almost always voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 13 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2011–2016.
• Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 2 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, between 2004–2011.
• Almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 1 vote for, 42 votes against, 12 absences, between 2014–2016.
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2013.
• Almost always voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 0 votes for, 14 votes against, 4 absences, between 2012–2018.

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Recent appearances

• Valedictory Debate 5 Nov 2019

  It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend from Barrow and Furness—I suggest that he tries for size a majority of 30 on the third count at 6.30 in the morning. I am sorry not to have been here to listen to all the speeches, Madam Deputy Speaker. Once upon a time this was going to be a normal working day; I had a delegation from Slovenia here for a tour. Everyone will know that being a tour...

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: UK Shared Prosperity Fund 5 Nov 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on ensuring that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund for former coalfields and other less prosperous parts of the country has at least the same value as the EU funds it is planned to replace.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: UK Shared Prosperity Fund 5 Nov 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to reintroduce funding for the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme

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

Left the House of Commons on 6 November 2019 — Dissolved for 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

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Education and Skills
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Education
• Trade and Industry
• Regeneration (Staffordshire)
• Tuition Fees
• University Hospital of North Staffordshire
• Education (Staffordshire)
• Eating Disorders

Other offices held in the past

• Member, DCMS Sub-Committee on Disinformation (12 Mar 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 12 Sep 2017)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• 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, &c., 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, Innovation and Technology Committee (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

Future MPs in this constituency

• Aaron Bell

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)