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Graham Stuart
Conservative MP for Beverley and Holderness
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Graham Stuart voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted for a stricter asylum system. 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 moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. 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, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- 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 — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Control (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the implications of adding agricultural production to the considerations used by the Environment Agency when planning flood protection work.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 45 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 38 written questions in the last year — above 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 70.20% of votes in this 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 426 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 | 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).