Paul Flynn

Biography:

Paul Flynn was re-elected MP for Newport West on May 7th 2015 with 16633 votes, taking 41.2% of the vote.

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.

Born in Cardiff of Welsh/Irish parentage, he attended the local Catholic grammar school St Illtyd’s College and at the University College in Cardiff.

Constituency: Newport West

Constituency Tel: 01633 262348

Date of Birth: 9 February 1935

Email: paulflynnmp@talk21.com

Party: Labour

Personal Website: www.paulflynnmp.co.uk

Westminster Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Westminster Tel: 020 7219 3478

Twitter: @PaulFlynnmp

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/paul.flynn.902604