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Stuart Bell

Labour MP for Middlesbrough

• Second Church Estates Commissioner, No Department (since 5 May 1997)

• Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
• Majority: 12,567 votes. — 48th 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 Stuart Bell voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately 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
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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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, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (since 4 Nov 2009)
• Member, Members Estimate Committee (since 4 Jun 2008)
• Member, Liaison Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)
• Chairman, Finance & Services Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Treasury, Home Department, Trade and Industry

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Online Tax Return Services, E-Commerce, Cannabis

(based on written questions asked by Stuart Bell and answered by departments)

Most recent appearances

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

“I am grateful for the opportunity to follow the right hon. Member for Penrith and The Border (David Maclean), who made not only an eloquent speech on Copenhagen and deforestation, but a moving speech. I have always admired the way that he speaks and have always told him that privately, although I have always been a little bashful about following him. I should also say-he did not say this...”

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

“I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his intervention. All opinion polls show that, when asked which issues concern them most, only 8 per cent. of people say that they are worried about the allowances of Members of Parliament. When they are asked about their specific Member of Parliament, only 4 per cent. disapprove of what he or she is doing. I concur entirely with my right hon. Friend...”

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

“Yes, and that reminds me of the statement by Maynard Keynes that in the long term we are all dead. Economic forecasters have lots of ways to explain and describe where we are, but none of it makes much difference in the real world. I return to the Gracious Speech, which gives the Government of the day an opportunity to set out their stall. What could be better than a stall that will ensure...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 41 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Is a member of 4 select committees (1 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 59% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 50 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Stuart Bell speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 660 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,555 (71st). Rail £10,214 (46th). Other: European £843 (68th).

^** Car £8,176 (11th). Rail £5,534 (154th). European £1,564 (18th).