• Labour MP for Birmingham, Edgbaston
• Majority: 2,349 votes. — 523rd out of 630 MPs.
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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Recent appearances
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• Register of Members’ Interests
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• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

How Gisela Stuart voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Work and Pensions, Treasury, Education and Skills, Home Department

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Transplants, Financial Assistance Scheme, Royal Mint, Pensions, NHS Walk-in Centres

(based on written questions asked by Gisela Stuart and answered by departments)

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (19 Nov 2008)

“Does the Prime Minister believe that it is right for councils to go on encouraging their tenants to take out mortgages that they can ill afford to repay? If he thinks that it is wrong to encourage people who are only on benefits, in arrears or have been bankrupt to take out mortgages, will he please tell Birmingham city council, which is controlled by the Conservative party, that it should...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Autism (17 Nov 2008)

“Will the Minister instruct the new children's trusts to take good notice of those institutions that have been very successful in dealing with children with autism, such as Baskerville school in my constituency? The danger is that they will try to reinvent the wheel, instead of turning to those who have had experience of doing well.”

Business of the House (6 Nov 2008) has video

“Postwatch merged with the National Consumer Council and Energywatch on 1 October to create Consumer Focus. However, may we have a debate on whether it was an appropriate use of taxpayers' money for Postwatch to spend £2,910 on the production of, and a further £2,483 on the distribution of, 2,000 copies of something commemorating its seven years of existence?”

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• Has spoken in 44 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 9 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 72% of votes in parliament — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 5 comments on this MP's speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 81 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Gisela Stuart speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 145 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £6,342 (58th). Rail £1,079 (413th).