• Conservative MP for Beverley & Holderness
• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 2,580 votes. — 538th out of 630 MPs.
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How Graham Stuart voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for 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, Children, Schools and Families Committee (since 7 Nov 2007)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (since 24 Jan 2006)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Work and Pensions, Home Department, Children, Schools and Families, Environment Food and Rural Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Hull Royal Infirmary, Dentistry, Teachers: Training, Community Hospitals, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust

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

Orders of the Day: Clause 20 — Terms and conditions (18 Nov 2008)

“We are a nation of inventors, and I wonder whether, like me, the hon. Gentleman is excited at the prospect of inventors across this country being able to develop ways of providing energy and feed-in tariffs providing the means by which to make their inventions economic? This could be an exciting future, and new technologies could develop in this country as a result of these changes.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Council Tenants (Fixed-term Contracts) (18 Nov 2008)

“As year follows year under Labour, the number of people despairing and desperate in their pursuit of an affordable home grows and grows. There were 1 million people on the social housing waiting list in 1997, and there are 1.7 million people on that list today. Fewer than a fifth of the number of council houses built in 1997 are being built today. Given the Government's inexcusable failure to...”

Orders of the Day: Clause 44 — Variation and revocation of attendance notice (17 Nov 2008)

“The Minister is right to say that we all aspire for the diploma to be successful. That does not stop us, as responsible Members of Parliament, noticing what is happening with them. There has been very low take-up; in fact, in the East Riding of Yorkshire one would struggle to find many students who are undertaking a diploma. That is the issue. We have to look at the world as it is. We need...”

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• Has spoken in 81 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 120 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 60% of votes in parliament — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 9 comments on this MP's speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 96 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Graham Stuart speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 177 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 £1,280 (510th). Rail £4,262 (215th). European £547 (84th).