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Ian Stewart

Labour MP for Eccles

• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
• Standing down at the next election
• Majority: 12,886 votes. — 64th out of 643 MPs.

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

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Ian Stewart voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against 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, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (since 24 Nov 2009)
• Member, Commons Science and Technology Committee (since 7 Oct 2009)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Work and Pensions, Transport, Treasury, Environment Food and Rural Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Taxis, Departmental Scientists, Dentistry, Sick Pay, Child Support Agency

(based on written questions asked by Ian Stewart and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Local Transport Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Work and Families Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Employment Relations Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Energy Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Private Security Industry Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Transport: Lorry Drivers (3 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of heavy trucks and lorry drivers (a) employed and (b) self-employed in the UK; what estimate he has made of the average hours worked by each category of driver in the latest period for figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the average (i) hourly and (ii) weekly earnings of heavy...”

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Vaccination: Compensation (1 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claims for a vaccine damage payment in relation to each vaccine were (a) made and (b) granted under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme in each of the last 10 years.”

Written Answers — Defence: Departmental Taxis (20 Jan 2010)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contracts his Department has with private hire taxi companies; and what expenditure his Department has incurred against each such contract in each of the last three years.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 33 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 70% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 83 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Ian Stewart speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 117 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £992 (523rd). Rail £10,723 (32nd). Air £101 (159th). Misc £197 (123rd).

³ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,201 (473rd). Rail £8,383 (69th). Air £523 (118th). Misc £338 (104th).

¹ Car £2,943 (326th). Rail £10,516 (29th). Air £315 (185th).