A selection of Stuart Bell's votes

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• Almost always voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 6 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2012
• Generally voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, 2 absences, between 2011–2012
• Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government
• Generally voted for university tuition fees Show votes 10 votes for, 2 votes against, 2 absences, between 1997–2012
• Almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 0 votes for, 12 votes against, 4 absences, between 2010–2012
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 32 votes for, 0 votes against, 21 absences, between 2006–2012

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Recent appearances

• Local Services (Planning): House of Lords Reform Bill — [2nd Allocated Day] 10 Jul 2012

  I am grateful for the opportunity to follow the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Mr Jenkin). I will seek not to respond to what he said but, if possible, to build upon it. Like the Leader of the House, I have sat through debates on Lords abolition and reform for many a year. My hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham (Ian Lucas) said yesterday that the Lords had far too many Members...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: EU Council 2 Jul 2012

  The Prime Minister has referred several times to the national interest. He also referred to the brief discussion on the ban on oil imports from Iran. Is not that ban an example of how the European Union acting in concert can assist the British national interest?

• Business of the House: LIBOR (FSA Investigation) 28 Jun 2012

  May I build on the question put by my right hon. Friend the former Chancellor of the Exchequer about the independence of LIBOR? The Chancellor has not referred to the British Bankers Association, which was involved in 1984 in putting the rate together. Is it appropriate to talk again to the association to see if we can get a true, independent LIBOR?

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Middlesbrough

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 1983 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 13 October 2012 — Died

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Home Department
• Treasury
• Justice
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Trade and Industry
• Cleveland Constabulary
• Online Tax Return Services
• E-Commerce
• Cleveland Police Authority
• Crown Courts

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (27 Oct 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Members Estimate Committee (4 Jun 2008 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Members Estimates Committee (20 Mar 2007 to 4 Jun 2008)
• Chairman, Finance & Services Committee (1 Nov 2005 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Liaison Committee (1 Nov 2005 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Finance & Services Committee (20 Jul 2005 to 1 Nov 2005)
• Chairman, Finance & Services Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, Liaison Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Second Church Estates Commissioner (5 May 1997 to 11 May 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Penry Williams
• Joseph Wilson
• Samuel Sadler
• Joseph Wilson
• Isaac Wilson
• Henry Bolckow

Future MPs in this constituency

• Andy McDonald

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Stuart Bell’s speeches
• 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 51.47% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 56 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 694 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)