Robert Charles Douglas Flello (born January 14, 1966) is a British politician. He is the Labour Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent South.
Robert Flello | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent South | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2005 | |
| Preceded by | George Stevenson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1966 Birmingham, West Midlands |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Wales, Bangor |
Robert Flello was born in Birmingham, West Midlands and attended the local King's Norton Boys School and the University of Wales, Bangor.
In 2003 he became the chief executive of the Malachi Community Trust in Digbeth, and became a regional organiser for the Labour Party in 2004 until his election to Westminster.
He was elected as a councillor to the Longbridge ward of Birmingham City Council in 2002, stepping down in 2004. He is a former chairman of the Birmingham Northfield Constituency Labour Party. He served as a governor at the Newman College in Bartley Green.
He was elected to the House of Commons at the 2005 general election for Stoke-on-Trent South following the retirement of George Stevenson. Flello held the seat with a majority of 8,681 and made his maiden speech on May 19, 2005. [1]
In parliament he is a member of the science and technology select committee, and has been the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Lord Chancellor, Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton since 2006. He is married and has two children.
External links
- Official website
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Robert Flello MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Robert Flello MP
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