Bob Seely MP
We’ve fact checked Bob Seely twice. Since 2022, we’ve asked him to correct the record twice. Join others in his constituency of Isle of Wight to ask him to stand up for honesty in public life.
Your trust should be earned. Any MP making serious claims in public debate should be prepared to get their facts right, back up what they say with evidence and correct their mistakes.
When politicians fall short, we can demand better. Join us and take action for higher standards in public life now.
We’ve fact checked Bob Seely twice
Full Fact scrutinises claims made by politicians on all sides of political debate. We prioritise claims that have the potential to cause most harm.
Our team isn’t able to monitor and fact check all claims made by every politician, so this list isn’t exhaustive. It isn’t accurate to use these examples to draw comparisons about the overall behaviour of individual MPs or political parties.
No evidence for MP’s claim 100,000 ‘ghost kids’ disappeared from school rolls in pandemic
To come on to the next scandal, our schools were shut. That is a disaster that has stalled educational improvement, and 100,000 kids—ghost kids—have disappeared off the rolls.
Bob Seely, 19 June 2023
We don’t know how many children aren’t on school rolls
we have now seen from the 100,000 children who have come off school rolls and disappeared
Bob Seely, 31 January 2022
We’ve asked Bob Seely to correct the record twice
It’s important that those making claims in public life correct their mistakes. We follow up on our fact checks to ask politicians and media organisations to issue corrections when they get things wrong.
We have been in touch with Bob Seely about two of his claims. He has yet to correct the record.
Bob Seely made a misleading claim about the number of children who have disappeared off school rolls on 19 June 2023
It has been 331 days without Bob Seely correcting the record
Bob Seely made an inaccurate claim about children on school rolls on 31 January 2022
It has been 829 days without Bob Seely correcting the record
Together we can demand higher standards in public life
Full Fact supporters have already taken action in Bob Seely’s constituency of Isle of Wight. Will you join them?
People in Isle of Wight believe Bob Seely must stand up for honesty
MPs owe Parliament—and the public—the truth
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