A selection of Paul Farrelly's votes

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• Consistently voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• 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
• Generally voted against university tuition fees Show votes 4 votes for, 5 votes against, 3 absences, between 2004–2016
• 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 a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 1 vote for, 41 votes against, 12 absences, between 2014–2016
• 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, 13 votes against, 4 absences, between 2012–2014

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Recent appearances

• 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?

• Early Parliamentary General Election 19 Apr 2017

  I am very happy to withdraw and reformulate what I said. Why does the Prime Minister have such a complicated and loose relationship with giving the country a clear indication of her intentions?

• European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Power to notify withdrawal from the EU 13 Mar 2017

  Does the hon. Lady agree that this is not only an issue of principle, in regard to parliamentary sovereignty and having a meaningful say, but an issue of good practice? We should not swallow the argument of an incentive to offer the worst possible deal. Lords amendment 2 would instil discipline and accountability in the Government as well as among our negotiating partners, because at any...

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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 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

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

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 — well below average amongst MPs. See all Paul Farrelly’s speeches
• Has received answers to 11 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 57.17% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below 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.
• 131 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 196 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)