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Graham Stringer
Labour MP for Blackley and Broughton
- Also represented Manchester, Blackley
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Graham Stringer voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Health, Energy and Climate Change, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Buses, Renewable Energy, Biofuels, Bus Services: Standards, Bus Services
(based on written questions asked by Graham Stringer and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Local Transport Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Licensing Bill Committee (8 out of 17)
- Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
- Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee (4 out of 4)
- Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- International Development Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Land Registration Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Petitions: Green Investment Bank (1 Feb 2012)
“My hon. Friend is making a splendid and excellent speech, which I am sure the Minister will not be able to resist. May I just add two details that might aid him? First, Manchester airport has more destinations than Heathrow and, secondly, banks thrive better where there are other banks and Manchester is undoubtedly the second financial centre in this country.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Informal European Council (31 Jan 2012)
“The Prime Minister was right to veto the treaty because it was against this country’s interests. The agreement arrived at between the 25 countries is fundamentally deflationary and will not lead to growth—it will lead to mass unemployment across Europe—and is also against this country’s interests. Rather than reneging on his original commitment to stop the 25 using...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (25 Jan 2012)
“Twenty-five per cent. of our constituents suffer from musculoskeletal diseases. The National Audit Office and the Public Accounts Committee believe that we could get better outcomes for those people at lower cost if a clinical director was appointed to co-ordinate things in the NHS. Will the Prime Minister agree to meet charities representing those people, with me, in the near future?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 59 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 40 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 68.82% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 12 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 268 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £19,536 (308th) | £20,042 (386th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £17,392 | £16,086 (457th) | £19,846 (270th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £16,009 (joint 173rd with 4 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £246 (joint 119th with 4 others) | £1,130 (joint 83rd with 26 others) |
| Office running costs | £14,521 (448th) | £17,123 (390th) | £18,574 (452nd) | £18,866 | £18,012 (358th) | £17,519 (503rd) | £14,748 (557th) | £17,339 (253rd) |
| Staffing costs | £76,811 (589th) | £70,369 (608th) | £62,467 (623rd) | £66,670 | £64,937 (548th) | £66,125 (412th) | £51,985 (612th) | £48,589 (233rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £1,323 (565th) | £1,286 (572nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £13,885 (95th)1 | £12,752 (125th)2 | £14,795 (74th)3 | £13,963 | £19,106 (69th) | £15,414 (131st) | £20,456 (43rd) | £15,280 (68th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £367 (joint 201st with 1 other) | £787 (137th) | £337 (263rd) | £576 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £416 (267th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £57 (321st) | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £158 (joint 69th with 1 other) | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,042 (119th) | £910 (joint 256th with 1 other) | £1,220 (218th) | £444 | £716 (397th) | £511 (joint 504th with 1 other) | £560 (544th) | £1,131 (286th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,356 (500th) | £3,040 (286th) | £605 | £1,577 (480th) | £833 (593rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,635 (9th) | £1,286 (47th) | £382 | £1,853 (joint 392nd with 1 other) | £1,470 (574th) | £1,470 (553rd) | £1,470 (joint 480th with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £132,700 (523rd) | £126,260 (567th) | £123,829 (521st) | £118,898 | £122,287 (354th) | £121,718 (267th) | £109,187 (412th) | £101,364 (73rd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,326 (149th). Rail £8,622 (64th). Air £160 (150th). Misc £777 (50th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,102 (103rd). Rail £7,294 (101st). Misc £356 (81st).