Robert Nelson Wareing (born August 20, 1930, Liverpool) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom and Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby. He is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, and frequently rebels against the government. August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Northwest England, on the north side of the Mersey estuary. ... The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Liverpool West Derby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Socialist Campaign Group is a left wing grouping of Labour Party Members of Parliament in the UK. The group is generally Eurosceptic. ...
BOBWareing, a veteran Labour backbencher, last night became the first MP to be disciplined under new "anti-sleaze" powers adopted by the House of Commons.
Sir Gordon said Mr Wareing should have registered both his shareholding and his directorship in Robert Wareing Ltd, since the £6,000 was clearly intended to benefit either him or the company of which he was a sole director.
The MP said he had not previously appreciated the distinction between directorships and shareholding under the rules of the House, and Sir Gordon acknowledged that the guidance was not as clear-cut as it should have been.
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