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Rob Marris MP
	Rob Marris MP
	Member of Parliament; for Wolverhampton South West
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 June 2001
Preceded by	Jenny Jones
Majority	2,879 (6.9%)
Born	8 April 1955 (age 54); Wolverhampton
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of British Columbia

Robert Howard Marris (born 8 April 1955) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West since 2001. He is Honorary President of the Wolves on Wheels Cycle Campaign.

The son of Dr. Charles Marris and Margaret Marris JP, he was born in Wolverhampton and partially educated in the state system at Warstones Primary School, before attending Birchfield Preparatory School and St. Edward's School in Oxford. He then moved to Canada and spent some time as a lumberjack, before gaining first class honours in History and Sociology from the University of British Columbia. After 9 years in Canada he returned to Wolverhampton, and qualified as solicitor working for Thompsons, the specialist trade union solicitors, until he was elected to Parliament.^[1]

On 8 July, 2007, he became PPS to The Rt Hon Shaun Woodward, MP Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

In June 2008, Marris was cautioned after causing damage, which he said was unintentional, to a badly parked van. ^[2]

In July 2008, Marris received the coveted "Backbencher of the Year" award ^[3]. What impressed his colleagues was his ability to study a problem in depth before coming up with his own carefully analysed conclusions.

Marris has spoken in a "well above average" number of parliamentary debates and has a "well above average" voting record ^[4].

Marris emerged well from the May 2009 political scandal of MPs expenses disclosures ^[5] being listed as a "saint" with minimal claims for second home.

[edit] References

^ "Rob Marris MP Wolverhampton South West". http://www.robmarris.org.uk/index.php/?page_id=126. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
^ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/2076906/Labour-MP-Rob-Marris-cautioned-for-damaging-van.html.
^ http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/more-columnists/2008/06/20/jon-walker-backbencher-of-year-marris-really-has-mind-of-his-own-65233-21124193/ Backbencher of the year Marris really has a mind of his own
^ http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/rob_marris/wolverhampton_south_west#topics
^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5342657/MPs-expenses-The-saints-Part-ii.html?image=3

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[0] "Rob Marris MP Wolverhampton South West". http://www.robmarris.org.uk/index.php/?page_id=126. Retrieved 2009-08-02.

[1] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/2076906/Labour-MP-Rob-Marris-cautioned-for-damaging-van.html.

[2] ttp://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/more-columnists/2008/06/20/jon-walker-backbencher-of-year-marris-really-has-mind-of-his-own-65233-21124193/ Backbencher of the year Marris really has a mind of his own

[3] ttp://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/rob_marris/wolverhampton_south_west#topics

[4] ttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5342657/MPs-expenses-The-saints-Part-ii.html?image=3

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