Rt Hon Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness
Graham Stuart has been an MP since 2005. Currently: Panel of Chairs.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Minister of State (Minister for Climate) (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) | 2022 to 2023 | |
| Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Trade) (Department for International Trade) | 2018 to 2021 | |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2016 to 2018 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Panel of Chairs | 2025 to now | Now |
| Electricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) Bill | 2023 | |
| Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) | 2022 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2010 to 2015 | |
| Education Committee | 2010 to 2015 | |
| Children, Schools and Families | 2007 to 2010 | |
| Education & Skills | 2007 | |
| Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee) | 2007 |
Show the other 1
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Audit Committee | 2006 to 2010 |
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Graham Stuart has 10 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | HMC Partnership - £10,000.00 | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | LTA - £270.00 | 16 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | LTA - £220.00 | 16 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Lawn Tennis Association - £740.00 | 16 Jul 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Indonesia between 26 March 2026 and 08 April 2026 | 21 Apr 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Ukraine between 19 February 2026 and 25 February 2026 | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Australia between 26 December 2025 and 06 January 2026 | 19 Jan 2026 |
| Family members employed | Nicola Roberts employed | – |
| Shareholdings | Shares in CSL Publishing Ltd | – |
| Miscellaneous | Unremunerated director of CSL Publishing Ltd; publishing and other consultancy services. | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Graham Stuart asked 52 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
83 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Graham Stuart represents Beverley and Holderness. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Graham Stuart won with 35% of the votes, and Margaret Pinder (Labour) came second with 34%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Stuart | Conservative | 15,501 | 34.5% |
| Margaret Pinder | Labour | 15,377 | 34.2% |
| Andrew Smith | Reform UK | 8,198 | 18.3% |
| Denis Healy | Liberal Democrat | 3,386 | 7.5% |
| Jonathan Stephenson | Green Party | 1,647 | 3.7% |
| George McManus | The Yorkshire Party | 625 | 1.4% |
| Chris Collin | Social Democratic Party | 89 | 0.2% |
| John Ottaway | Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | 74 | 0.2% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Graham Stuart took part in 151 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Graham Stuart voted the same way as their party in 151 of the 151 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this