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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
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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 very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. 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 a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. 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 strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Energy and Climate Change, Health, 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)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
- 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)
- Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
- Licensing Bill Committee (8 out of 17)
- 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)
- Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee (4 out of 4)
- Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Energy and Climate Change: Domestic Energy Bills (17 May 2012)
“What steps he is taking to reduce domestic energy bills.”
- Energy and Climate Change: Domestic Energy Bills (17 May 2012)
“Will not the biggest impact on reducing domestic energy bills be achieved by bringing shale gas online as quickly as possible?”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy: Heating (16 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will publish data showing the distribution of seasonal performance factors (SPFs) achieved by heat pumps on 15 April 2012 in his Department's tests of 150 installed heat pumps; and what proportion of those SPFs on that day would be high enough to qualify the heat pumps as renewable.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 54 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 41 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 68.61% 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") 274 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payment of £500 from ITV Services Ltd, London Television Centre, London SE1 9LT, for participating in ‘University Challenge’ television programme. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 29 December 2011)
Payment of £75 from Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, for participation in research project. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 29 December 2011)
Payment of £150 from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for opinion research. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 6 February 2012)
Payment of £75 from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for opinion survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 5 March 2012)
Payment of £150 from Westminster Explained, 21 Dartmouth Street, London SW1H 9BP, for speaking at a training event in Wilmslow on 9 January 2012. Hours: 90 mins. (Registered 5 March 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Majlis As Shura - Shura Council of Kingdom Saudi Arabia
Address of donor: c/o Embassy of Saudi Arabia, 30 Charles St, London W1J 5DZ
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,025
Destination of visit: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Date of visit: 4-8 December 2011
Purpose of visit: All Party Parliamentary Group visit to Riyadh at the invitation of the Shura Council to meet with Members of the Shura Council, Government Ministers and various human rights groups to further understanding of the Kingdom and its latest developments as well as to strengthen political ties with the country.
(Registered 29 December 2011)
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
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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).