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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/disabled-mp-was-mocked-in-commons.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="An MP with cerebral palsy has claimed he was mocked about his disability as he tried to speak in the House of Commons" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-disabled-mp-was-mocked-in-commons.jpg" alt="An MP with cerebral palsy has claimed he was mocked about his disability as he tried to speak in the House of Commons"/></a></p>
<p>An MP with cerebral palsy has described how he was mocked about his disability as he tried to speak in the House of Commons.</p>
<p>Paul Maynard, who was elected as the Conservative MP for Blackpool North and Cleveleys last May, accused Labour MPs of &#8220;pulling faces&#8221; at him in an apparent mimic.</p>
<p>In an interview with The Times, he said: &#8220;They were constantly intervening, trying to put me off my stride, which may be just normal parliamentary tactics.</p>
<p>&#8220;But some were pulling faces at me, really exaggerated gesticulations, really exaggerated faces.&#8221;</p>
<p>He added: &#8220;Only they know for certain whether they were taking the mick out of my disability. But it felt like it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Other MPs confirmed that the incident had taken place, during a debate about the abolition of the child trust fund.</p>
<p>The incident calls into question the sometimes highly aggressive and confrontational nature of the Commons. It may also undermine efforts to increase diversity in parliament.</p>
<p>On his personal website, Mr Maynard describes his cerebral palsy as &#8220;very mild&#8221; and says it does not especially affect the way he lives.</p>
<p>But he acknowledges: &#8220;It probably affects the way some people see me, and there will always be people who write you off because of it &#8211; but I&#8217;ve never let them stop me.&#8221;</p>
<p>He was diagnosed with epilepsy too when he was 22, an event he says was &#8220;a shock&#8221; and forced him to give up alcohol.</p>
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