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Stuart Bell
Labour MP for Middlesbrough
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Stuart Bell voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Treasury, Justice, Business, Innovation and Skills, Trade and Industry
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Cleveland Constabulary, Online Tax Return Services, E-Commerce, Cleveland Police Authority, Crown Courts
(based on written questions asked by Stuart Bell and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Debate on the Address: Business and the Economy (14 May 2012)
“I am grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker, to be able to speak on the Gracious Speech and to follow the hon. Member for Rugby (Mark Pawsey), who made great play about private sector workers, as opposed to public sector workers. The public sector worker, of course, contributes to our society as a consumer and facilitates the private sector. I have never understood why Government Members make a...”
- Debate on the Address: Business and the Economy (14 May 2012)
“I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. It would be a fine thing if someone working in the public sector was able to move out of it, into the private sector. Unfortunately, under the Government’s policies towards the public sector, 500,000 people will be made unemployed and put on the dole. The right hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Nicholas Soames) wished to see an intellectual technology hub...”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)
“The Prime Minister referred to the deficit in Europe, and he will recall that he declined to sign the fiscal compact entered into by 25 of the 27 EU member states. I presume he will go to the conference on 23 May with his fellow leaders in Europe, who will begin working on a growth compact. Will he be prepared to sign that?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 6 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 50.27% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 692 times in debates — well 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 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,368 (124th) | £22,934 (212th) | £22,108 (joint 188th with 3 others) | £21,633 | £20,899 (joint 201st with 3 others) | £20,328 (joint 169th with 5 others) | £19,465 (326th) | £15,734 (joint 250th with 3 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £4,037 (641st) | £5,086 (639th) | £8,317 (630th) | £6,636 | £9,625 (611th) | £8,679 (640th) | £14,987 (549th) | £19,187 (194th) |
| Staffing costs | £81,204 (558th) | £77,127 (567th) | £80,664 (427th) | £73,558 | £64,356 (556th) | £66,380 (399th) | £59,851 (529th) | £46,530 (295th) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,764 (joint 321st with 1 other) | £5,467 (441st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £14,505 (81st)1 | £16,612 (50th)2 | £15,274 (66th)3 | £18,661 | £26,746 (17th) | £29,570 (8th) | £25,351 (15th) | £20,023 (14th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,736 (29th) | £478 (joint 218th with 1 other) | £2,313 (29th) | £2,912 | £2,770 (joint 25th with 1 other) | £3,029 (20th) | £4,241 (3rd) | £2,803 (17th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £4,099 (11th) | £4,095 (12th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £762 (628th) | £238 (610th) | £357 (586th) | £320 | £264 (joint 609th with 1 other) | £471 (530th) | £502 (567th) | £229 (joint 631st with 2 others) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £835 (584th) | £427 (626th) | £803 | £70 (joint 642nd with 2 others) | £1,042 (558th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,061 (joint 527th with 3 others) | £935 (joint 507th with 13 others) | £668 | £1,847 (joint 398th with 2 others) | £1,847 (joint 391st with 2 others) | £1,847 (joint 383rd with 1 other) | £1,179 (527th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £138,476 (472nd) | £133,933 (490th) | £130,395 (447th) | £125,191 | £126,577 (263rd) | £131,346 (98th) | £126,244 (55th) | £105,685 (40th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,200 (76th). Rail £8,216 (72nd). Other: European £1,089 (47th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,555 (71st). Rail £10,214 (46th). Other: European £843 (68th).
3 Car £8,176 (11th). Rail £5,534 (154th). European £1,564 (18th).