What is Paul Flynn (politician)?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Paul Flynn |honorific-suffix = |image = |image_size = 200px |office1 = [[Shadow Leader of the House of Commons]] |leader1 = [[Jeremy Corbyn]] |term_start1 = 4 July 2016 |term_end1 = 6 October 2016 |predecessor1 = [[Chris Bryant]] |successor1 = [[Valerie Vaz]] |office2 = [[Shadow Secretary of State for Wales]] |leader2 = [[Jeremy Corbyn]] |term_start2 = 3 July 2016 |term_end2 = 6 October 2016 |predecessor2 = [[Nia Griffith]] |successor2 = [[Jo Stevens]] |office3 = [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Newport West (UK Parliament constituency)|Newport West]] |term_start3 = 11 June 1987 |term_end3 = 17 February 2019 |predecessor3 = [[Mark Robinson (Conservative politician)|Mark Robinson]] |successor3 = [[Ruth Jones (politician)|Ruth Jones]] |majority3 = 5,658 (13.0%) |birth_name = Paul Philip Flynn |birth_date = 9 February 1935 |birth_place = [[Cardiff]], Wales |death_date = {{death date and age|2019|2|17|1935|2|9|df=y}} |death_place = |party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |spouse = {{marriage|Anne Harvey|1962|1984|reason=div}} <br /> {{marriage|Samantha Cumpstone|1985}} |children = 4 |alma_mater = [[Cardiff University]] |website = {{website|paulflynnmp.co.uk}} }} '''Paul Philip Flynn''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MP}} (9 February 1935 &ndash; 17 February 2019) was a [[British people|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician. He was born in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]]. He was the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Newport West (UK Parliament constituency)|Newport West]] from the [[United Kingdom general election, 1987|1987 general election]] until his death in 2019. In 2016, he briefly was [[Shadow Secretary of State for Wales]] and [[Shadow Leader of the House of Commons]]. In 2016, he became the oldest MP in over a century to