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Rory Stewart
Conservative MP for Penrith and The Border
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Rory Stewart voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Communities and Local Government, Education, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Business, Innovation and Skills, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Pupils: Disadvantaged, Financial Services: Older People, Local Government Act 1972, Water: Older People and Vulnerable Adults, Heating: Rural Areas
(based on written questions asked by Rory Stewart and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Rural Schools — [Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] (8 Feb 2012)
“Will the Minister explain what is happening with this long-term trend? Contrary to the claims of the shadow Minister that an average of seven schools a year were closed during that 13-year period, the Department’s figures suggest that the number of schools nationally has fallen from 26,362 in 1997 to 24,605 in 2010. If all these safeguards and formulae are in place to prevent schools...”
- Rural Schools — [Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] (8 Feb 2012)
“rose—”
- Rural Schools — [Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] (8 Feb 2012)
“I am so sorry. I hesitate to quote, but the Conservatives’ own manifesto on rural areas based on freedom of information requests to local councils established that more than 400 rural schools were closed between 1997 and 2010.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 78.36% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below 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") 46 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payments received from London Review of Books Ltd, 28 Little Russell Street, London WC1A 2HN:
31 March 2011, payment of £800 for article on Libya. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 19 September 2011)
20 September 2011, payment of £1,400 to cover expenses for travel to Libya to write article. Hours: 3 hrs worked on article, plus travel. (Registered 17 October 2011)
Payments from Aitken Alexander Associates; literary agent, 18-21 Cavaye Place, London SW10 9PT
9 November 2010, £485.37 for article published in The Telegraph on 1 August 2010. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 30 March 2011)
8 March 2011, £32,650.17 fee from StudioCanal SA for film rights, film options and consultancy services negotiated in 2008. Hours worked: zero. (Registered 30 March 2011)
19 April 2011, £9.52 for Brazilian royalties. Book written before the election (2004). Hours worked: zero. (Registered 22 September 2011)
19 April 2011, £47.92 for Canadian Penguin royalties. Book written before the election (2006). Hours worked: zero (Registered 22 September 2011)
19 April 2011, £1,620.54 for Canadian Penguin royalties. Book written before the election (2004). Hours worked: zero. (Registered 22 September 2011)
19 April 2011, £589.25 for German royalties. Book written before the election (2004). Hours worked: zero (Registered 22 September 2011)
10 May 2011, £1,218.42 for French royalties. Book written before the election (2004). Hours worked: zero (Registered 22 September 2011)
8 June 2011, £876.96 for Dutch royalties. Book written before the election (2004). Hours worked: zero. (Registered 22 September 2011)
20 January 2011, payment of £150 for appearance on Any Questions? Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 30 March 2011)
28 February 2011, payment of £98 for appearance on Night Waves. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 30 March 2011)
11 August 2011, £150 received for appearance on Any Questions? Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 19 September 2011)
16 November 2011, £750 received for researching, presenting and interviewing on a programme for the BBC Culture Show. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 2 December 2011)
30 March 2011, payment of £400 for a travel article for The Condé Nast Publications Ltd, Ground Floor, Vogue House, Hanover Square, London W15 1JU, not yet published. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 30 March 2011)
Payments received from Intelligent Life, 25 St James’s St, London SW1A 1HG:
£900 received on 6 September 2011 for an article on the Kabul Museum. Payment donated to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 19 September 2011). On 12 September 2011 I also received a payment of £1,220 for this article. (Registered 17 October 2011)
Payments received from Country Life, IPC Media, Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0SU:
£500 received on 31 July 2011 for an article on paintings. Payment donated to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 19 September 2011)
Payments received from New Statesman Ltd, John Carpenter House, John Carpenter Street, London EC4Y OAN:
£600 received on 9 September 2011. Payment donated to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 19 September 2011)
Payment received from New York Times, 620 8th Floor, New York NY 10018. £1558.99 received on 13 September 2011. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 19 September 2011)
Payment of £1,220, plus £900 donated to charity, from Intelligent Life
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Name of donor: Philip Day
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 into the Cumbria Broadband Rural & Community Projects Limited to assist with funding a Cumbrian Big Society event at Party Conference in Birmingham.
(b) Date of receipt: 3 January 2011
(b) Date of acceptance: 10 January 2011
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 30 March 2011)
8. Land and Property
House in London from which rental income is received. House in Boston.
11. Miscellaneous
Unremunerated directorship of the Cumbria Broadband Rural & Community Projects Limited.
Sponsorship towards covering costs of the Penrith and the Border Broadband Conference held on 18 September 2010 received from the following:
Huawei. (Registered 30 March 2011)
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register