Chris Ruane

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Chris Ruane MP
Member of Parliament
for Vale of Clwyd
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 May 1997
Preceded by Constituency Created
Majority 2,509 (7.1%)
Personal details
Born (1958-07-18) 18 July 1958
Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Gill Roberts[1]
Religion Roman Catholic[2]

Christopher Shaun Ruane (born 18 July 1958) is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Vale of Clwyd since 1997.

Early life

Ruane attended Ysgol Mair Roman Catholic primary school in Rhyl. He then went to the Blessed Edward Jones RC High School (three years above Carol Vorderman) on Cefndy Road in Rhyl, Denbighshire. At the University of Wales College, Aberystwyth, he gained a BSc in Economics in 1979. From the University of Liverpool he gained a PGCE in 1980. He was a town councillor from 1988 and the Chairman of West Clwyd NUT region.

He was a primary school teacher from 1982–97, and a deputy head from 1991-7.

Parliamentary career

He contested Clwyd North West in 1992.

He was the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Peter Hain from 2003 until his resignation in March 2007 in protest against the decision to replace Trident.

Mr Ruane is currently Parliamentary Private Secretary to Caroline Flint, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

Expenses

In October 2012, the Commons Speaker, John Bercow, blocked the release of data showing which MPs were renting their homes in London to other MPs for financial gain. However, a study of parliamentary records was published in the Daily Telegraph.[3] The study showed that 27 MPS, including Chris Ruane[4] receive rental income from their homes in London while simultaneously claiming rental income from the taxpayer to live at another residence.

Chris Ruane, the Labour MP for the Vale of Clwyd, claims £1,906 a month for his London flat. He has two children and his eldest daughter turned 18 in November. He also owns a flat about three minutes’ walk away. Mr Ruane said: “I have acted completely within the rules.” [5]

Personal life

He married Gill Roberts on 14 February 1994 in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire. They have two daughters (born November 1994 and October 1998).

References

  1. ↑ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/110124/part2.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2013/03/27/catholic-mps-urge-pope-francis-to-allow-ordination-of-married-men/
  3. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/9619022/Expenses-scandal-27-MPs-let-one-home-and-claim-for-another.html
  4. ↑ http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2012/10/20/north-wales-mp-chris-ruane-named-in-latest-claims-row-55578-32070327/
  5. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/10161087/MPs-use-children-to-claim-more-expenses.html

External links

News articles
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Vale of Clwyd
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