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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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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Graham Stuart voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. 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 for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. 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 for a stricter asylum system. 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, 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
- Bills Presented — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Relocation to Bristol) Bill: Clause 8 — Council tax reduction schemes (31 Jan 2012)
“Will the hon. Gentleman confirm my understanding that in a rural coastal area such as the one I represent, which has a high number of elderly people and quite a low take-up of this benefit, if there is a big increase in take-up and there is protection for the elderly, the impact on the council or on the other people entitled to the benefit would be rather large and profound?”
- Bills Presented — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Relocation to Bristol) Bill: Clause 8 — Council tax reduction schemes (31 Jan 2012)
“I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way again, as I have to leave the Chamber in a moment to meet the chairman of the Commission for Rural Communities. People in rural areas earn on average less than people in urban areas, pay £100 a head more in council tax and see urban areas getting 50% more in central Government grant than rural areas. There is also a higher average age of...”
- Housing (Amendment): New Clause 5 — Re-set of the system (24 Jan 2012)
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 47 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 39 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 79.96% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above 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") 367 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).