This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.

Graham Stuart

Conservative MP for Beverley & Holderness

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 2,580 votes. — 548th out of 643 MPs.

• Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
• Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
• Email me whenever Graham Stuart speaks (no more than once per day)
• Help us add video by matching a speech by Graham Stuart

• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

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 moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

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

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

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, Children, Schools and Families, Work and Pensions, Transport, Home Department

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Hull Royal Infirmary, Departmental Telephone Services, Dentistry, Departmental Postal Services, Teachers: Training

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Child Poverty Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)

“rose-”

Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)

“The big question in my constituency is why the East Riding of Yorkshire, which has an older-than-average population and a higher burden of disease than average, receives one of the lowest health funding settlements in the country. Will the Secretary of State explain why that is, or give my constituents cause to believe that fairer funding would be provided by a future Labour Government, if,...”

Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)

“Opposition Members are having difficulty in believing the Secretary of State because exactly the same argument was made when the 10p tax proposal was first brought to the House. The Government were letting down the most vulnerable people then, and I fear that he is doing precisely the same today.”

More of Graham Stuart's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

Numerology

Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)

• Has spoken in 70 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 217 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 60% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 28 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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.
• 111 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Graham Stuart speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 261 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,232 (493rd). Rail £4,062 (233rd). Misc £21 (229th). Other: Rail £23 (179th). European £1,143 (46th).

^** Car £1,280 (510th). Rail £4,262 (215th). European £547 (84th).