Paul Flynn (politician)

Paul Flynn (politician)

Infobox MP


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name = Paul Flynn
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constituency_MP = Newport West
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majority = 5,458 (15.3%)
predecessor = Mark Robinson
successor = Incumbent
term_start = 11 June 1987
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1935|02|9|df=yes
birth_place = Cardiff
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nationality = British
spouse = (1) Anne Harvey (1962-1984)
(2) Samantha Morgan Cumpstone
party = Labour
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alma_mater = Cardiff University
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Paul Philip Flynn (born 9 February 1935) is a British politician. He is the Labour Member of Parliament for Newport West. Paul Flynn was born in Cardiff of Welsh/Irish parentage.

Educational and professional background

Flynn was educated at St. Illtyd's College, a Roman Catholic school in Cardiff, and at the University College, Cardiff. On leaving education in 1955 he worked as a chemist in the steel industry, where he remained until 1983.

After a year as a broadcaster on Gwent Community Radio, he became a researcher for the Member of the European Parliament Llew Smith in 1984 and remained as such until his election to Westminster.

Political career

Flynn was elected as a councillor on the Newport Borough Council in 1972-1981 and to the Gwent County Council 1974-1982. He unsuccessfully contested Denbigh at the October 1974 General Election where he was defeated by the Conservative, Geraint Morgan, by 4,551 votes. He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1987 General Election for Newport West defeating the Tory Mark Robinson, who had surprisingly won the seat at the 1983 General Election. Flynn defeated Robinson by 2,708 votes and has remained the MP since.

Flynn joined the front bench under Neil Kinnock in 1988 when he became a spokesman on health and social security and for social security in 1989. He resigned from the front bench in 1990 and has remained on the back benches since. He joined the transport select committee in 1990 until after the 1997 General Election when he joined the Welsh Affairs select committee for a year. He was a member of the environment audit select committee in 2003 until the 2005 General Election, since when he has been a member of the Public Administration Select Committee.

Personality

Flynn speaks fluent Welsh Fact|date=October 2007, having received accolades for his campaigning work. He was an early adopter of using CD-ROMs to access Hansard and in 2000 won the New Statesman New Media Award for his website and has and been voted the best website of all MPs on many other occasions. He has also written a book, "Dragons Led By Poodles", about the devolution campaign in Wales in the 1990s. He has also called for the legalisation of cannabis.

Marriages

He has been twice married, first to Anne Harvey in 1962 with whom he has a son and a deceased daughter, they divorced in 1984; he has been married to Samantha Morgan Cumpstone since 1985.

Endowment Justice

He agreed to pay out more than £36,000 to settle a libel action brought against him by a complaints handling firm that specialises in endowment mortgages. Flynn's solicitor told the High Court that the MP was retracting allegations he had made against Endowment Justice, a company that works on behalf of borrowers who believe they have been mis-sold endowment-linked mortgages. Endowment Justice launched legal proceedings against Flynn after he criticised the growing number of complaints against handling firms. The company had previously held talks with Flynn over its concerns about bad practices at several complaints handling firms. But Flynn subsequently named Endowment Justice in accusations he made about the whole sector. Flynn agreed to pay Endowment Justice's legal costs of £35,450, plus £1,000 in damages, which the company has said it will donate to the NSPCC.He also agreed to publish an apology on his website. [cite news |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article325801.ece |title=Labour MP Flynn faces £36,000 legal bill after losing libel action |author=David Prosser |work=The Independent |date=09 November 2005 |accessdate=2007-11-22]

Publications

* "Television in Wales" by Paul Flynn, 1974
* "Commons Knowledge: How to Be a Backbencher" by Paul Flynn, 1997, Seren Books ISBN 1-85411-206-6
* "Baglu 'Mlaen (Cyfres Y Cewri)" by Paul Flynn, 1998, Cyhoeddiadau Mei ISBN 0-86074-147-8
* "Dragons Led by Poodles: Inside Story of a New Labour Stitch Up" by Paul Flynn, 1999, Politico's Publishing ISBN 1-902301-24-2

External links

* [http://www.paulflynnmp.co.uk/ Paul Flynn MP] official site
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-1760,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Paul Flynn MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/paul_flynn/newport_west TheyWorkForYou.com - Paul Flynn MP]

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