Graham Stringer, MP for Blackley and Middleton South
Graham Stringer has been an MP since 1997. Currently: Panel of Chairs.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2001 to 2002 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Cabinet Office) | 1999 to 2001 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Panel of Chairs | 2024 to now | Now |
| Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill | 2024 | |
| Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill | 2023 | |
| Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill | 2021 to 2022 | |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2020 to 2024 |
Show the other 16
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Transport Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2017 to 2019 | |
| European Scrutiny Committee | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Transport Committee | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Energy and Climate Change Committee | 2013 to 2015 | |
| Justice Committee | 2013 to 2014 | |
| Transport Committee | 2011 to 2015 | |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2010 to 2015 | |
| Commons Science and Technology | 2009 to 2010 | |
| Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee | 2008 to 2009 | |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2006 to 2007 | |
| Transport Committee | 2002 to 2010 | |
| Environment, Transport & Regional Affairs | 1997 to 1999 |
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 Stringer has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Member (unpaid) of the Political Advisory Board of the Foundation for Independence, a pro-Brexit group. | 22 May 2020 |
| Miscellaneous | Unremunerated trustee of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, an education charity. | 23 Oct 2015 |
| Family members employed | Eleanor Carr employed | – |
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 Stringer asked 1 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.
59 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 Stringer represents Blackley and Middleton South. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Graham Stringer won with 54% of the votes, and Alison Devine (Reform UK) came second with 21%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Stringer | Labour | 16,864 | 53.8% |
| Alison Devine | Reform UK | 6,614 | 21.1% |
| Dylan Lewis-Creser | Green Party | 3,197 | 10.2% |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | Conservative | 3,073 | 9.8% |
| Iain Donaldson | Liberal Democrat | 1,592 | 5.1% |
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 Stringer took part in 139 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Graham Stringer voted the same way as their party in 133 of the 137 votes where parties gave instructions (97%), and went the other way in 4.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Against party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (4)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 20 Jan | Diego Garcia military base and the British Indian Ocean Territory: changes from the House of Lords | Against | For |
| 20 Jan | Diego Garcia military base and the British Indian Ocean Territory: changes from the House of Lords | Against | For |
| 20 Jan | Diego Garcia military base and the British Indian Ocean Territory: changes from the House of Lords | Against | For |
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 | 82% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 80% | 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