• Labour MP for Eccles
• Majority: 12,886 votes. — 62nd out of 635 MPs.
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• Voting record
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• Register of Members' Interests
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• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edm.ais.co.uk)

How Ian Stewart voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted 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 very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee (since 18 Apr 2008)

Asks most questions about

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

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Dentistry, Child Support Agency, Employment Agencies, Departmental Expenditure Limits, Bus Companies

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

Written Answers — Health: Vaccination: Thiomersal (8 May 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what year the NHS ceased to use thiomersal in vaccine doses under the public vaccination programme; and in what year the last vaccine stocks containing thiomersal were (a) exhausted and (b) withdrawn.”

Orders of the Day: Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill [Money] (6 May 2008)

“Will the Minister give way?”

Orders of the Day: Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill [Money] (6 May 2008)

“We understand the Government's line on the Bill and we also understand that we all want to protect good agency employers, but is it not a good use of public money to help further debate and dialogue about stopping instances of bad agency employers, like those in the city of Salford, who lay off workers at 5 o'clock in the morning, give them £20 and send them home—”

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• Has spoken in 8 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 69% of votes in parliament — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 comments on this MP's speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 75 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Ian Stewart speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 69 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 23 Apr 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

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