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 12 april 2010 rob marris university of british columbia
rob marris

robert howard marris -lrb- born 8 april 1955 -rrb- is a british labour party politician , who was returned in 2015 as the member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for wolverhampton south west , having been elected -lrb- with a majority of 801 -rrb- in the general election of that year , and having previously held the seat from 2001 to 2010 .
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 obtaining a double first in history and sociology from the university of british columbia .
he then completed a master 's degree , working as a truck driver whilst finishing his thesis .
having decided he wanted a career in law in the uk and not being eligible for a uk grant , he spent 3 years driving trolleybuses , followed by a period as a forest fire fighter during which time he joined greenpeace , newly founded in vancouver , becoming world member no. 204 .
he was also a member of the new democratic party , canada 's counterpart to the labour party as members of the socialist international .
he served his articles of clerkship in wolverhampton and went to work for thompsons solicitors , whose work he says is 90 % trade union related , until he was elected to parliament .
on 8 july 2007 , he became pps to shaun woodward , the secretary of state for northern ireland .
in june 2008 , marris was cautioned after causing damage , which he said was unintentional , to a van which was impeding his access to a bus stop .
in july 2008 , marris received the coveted `` backbencher of the year '' award .
marris has spoken in a `` well above average '' number of parliamentary debates and has a `` well above average '' voting record .
marris emerged well from the may 2009 political scandal of mps expenses disclosures being listed as a `` saint '' , with minimal claims for second home .
however , he was defeated in the 2010 general election by paul uppal of the conservative party .
he is honorary president of the wolves on wheels cycle campaign .
in may 2013 marris was selected as the labour party 's parliamentary candidate for wolverhampton south west in the 2015 general election .
the seat once belonged the controversial former mp enoch powell .
in the run-up to the election , both marris , his main opponent , paul uppal and even ukip agreed that immigration was no longer a key issue .
marris expressed concern about zero-hour contracts , foodbanks and workers earnings below living wages and whilst uppal highlighted the improvement in community relations .
