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Graham Stuart
Conservative MP for Beverley and Holderness
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Graham Stuart voted on key issues:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Children, Schools and Families, Transport, Work and Pensions, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Hull Royal Infirmary, Departmental Conferences, Dentistry, Departmental Telephone Services, Departmental Postal Services
(based on written questions asked by Graham Stuart and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Education Bill Committee (22 out of 22)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
- Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 18)
- Child Poverty Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (10 out of 18)
- NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Exports: Pigs (1 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to facilitate access to the Australian market for UK pork exporters.”
- Static Caravans (Vat) (26 Apr 2012)
“Can my hon. Friend confirm that the Treasury did not do that much work on this? Where did it get the one third figure from? It is not one that I have heard from anybody. The Tym & Partners report, which is available and has been since January, talks about 277,760 owned statics and 49,600 rented statics. By no means is 49,000 one third of 277,000. It has been suggested that 750 companies...”
- Static Caravans (Vat) (26 Apr 2012)
“It is a pleasure to be on my feet again in the Chamber with an opportunity to talk about an issue that is so important to the people of east Yorkshire and coastal and rural communities around the land. East Yorkshire is at the heart of the caravan industry. I have a major manufacturer, ABI, in the centre of Beverley, suppliers to the manufacturers scattered around my constituency and parks...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 37 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 36 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- 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 76.64% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 388 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £21,486 (231st) | £22,410 (271st) | £20,494 (370th) | £13,470 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £17,122 (349th) | £23,206 (85th) | £29,127 (19th) | £28,294 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £104,643 (57th) | £87,418 (335th) | £82,411 (390th) | £69,706 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £9,313 (289th) | £4,679 (473rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,639 (215th)1 | £6,481 (376th)2 | £6,089 (397th)3 | £7,775 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £451 (173rd) | £148 (joint 351st with 1 other) | £172 (339th) | £199 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £110 (303rd) | £578 (199th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £96 (83rd) | £70 (joint 95th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £5,349 (joint 158th with 1 other) | £1,169 (joint 169th with 1 other) | £881 (joint 323rd with 1 other) | £812 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,023 (235th) | £2,883 (299th) | £3,338 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,104 (joint 489th with 2 others) | £1,014 (joint 385th with 19 others) | £1,014 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £168,209 (91st) | £150,286 (262nd) | £143,071 (211th) | £124,608 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £995 (498th). Rail £5,086 (184th). Misc £392 (89th). Other: Rail £17 (159th). Air £338 (12th). European £2,811 (7th).
2 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).
3 Car £1,280 (510th). Rail £4,262 (215th). European £547 (84th).