Education
Ruane attended Ysgol Mair Roman Catholic primary school in Rhyl. At the University of Wales College, Aberystwyth, he gained a Bachelor of Science in Economics in 1979.
Ruane attended Ysgol Mair Roman Catholic primary school in Rhyl. At the University of Wales College, Aberystwyth, he gained a Bachelor of Science in Economics in 1979.
He then went to the Blessed Edward Jones Remote Control High School (three years above Carol Vorderman) on Cefndy Road in Rhyl, then in Flintshire, later Clwyd and since 1996 in Denbighshire. From the University of Liverpool he gained a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in 1980. He was a town councillor from 1988 and the Chairman of West Clwyd National Union of Teachers region.
He was a primary school teacher from 1982-1997, and a deputy head from 1991-1997.
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.
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.
The study showed that 27 MPS, including Chris Ruane receive rental income from their homes in London while simultaneously claiming rental income from the taxpayer to live at another residence.
Ruane claimed £1,906 a month for his London flat. He also owns a flat about three minutes’ walk away. He said: “I have acted completely within the rules.”.
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