The subject of this article is standing for re-election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on 4 July, and will not be an incumbent MP once Parliament is dissolved on 30 May. Some parts of this article may be out of date during that period. |
Graham Stuart | |
---|---|
Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero [lower-alpha 1] | |
In office 6 September 2022 –12 April 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Greg Hands |
Succeeded by | Justin Tomlinson |
Minister of State for Europe | |
In office 7 July 2022 –6 September 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | James Cleverly |
Succeeded by | Leo Docherty |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports | |
In office 9 January 2018 –16 September 2021 | |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Mark Garnier |
Succeeded by | Mike Freer |
Chair of the Education Select Committee | |
In office 9 June 2010 –30 March 2015 | |
Preceded by | Barry Sheerman |
Succeeded by | Neil Carmichael |
Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness | |
Assumed office 5 May 2005 | |
Preceded by | James Cran |
Majority | 20,448 (38.2%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Graham Charles Stuart 12 March 1962 Carlisle,England,UK |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Anne Crawshaw |
Children | 2 daughters |
Education | Selwyn College,Cambridge |
Website | www |
Graham Charles Stuart [1] (born 12 March 1962) is a British politician. [2] [3] A member of the Conservative Party,he has been the Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness since 2005,and recently served as the Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. [4] He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports from 2018 to 2021,and Minister of State for Europe from July to September 2022.
Graham Stuart was born in Carlisle,Cumberland,and studied at Glenalmond College,an independent school in Perthshire,followed by Selwyn College,Cambridge,from 1982 to 1985,where he read Philosophy and Law. [5] Stuart failed his degree,after focusing his efforts on developing his "What's on in Cambridge" guide into a profitable business. He remains a non-executive chairman of the company. [6]
He was Chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association in 1985. [7]
Stuart was elected as a member of Cambridge City Council for the Cherry Hinton Ward in the 1998 local elections. [8] He contested the Cambridge constituency as the Conservative Party candidate at the 2001 general election,coming in third place with 9,829 votes,23% of the share. [9] He was re-elected to Cambridge City Council in the 2002 local elections and served until 2004. [8]
Stuart was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Beverley and Holderness in the 2005 general election with a majority of 2,580. [10] Following his election,he said "I plan to be upfront and have a high profile,not only within the constituency but nationally". [11] Upon his election to Parliament,he became a member of two select committees;the Environmental Audit Select Committee and the Children,Schools and Families Select Committee. [12] He was elected a member of the Conservative Party Board in 2006. [5]
In 2005,he founded Beverley and Holderness Pensioners Action Group,Community Hospitals Acting Nationally Together (CHANT),a cross-party campaign group,and Hull and Holderness Opposing the Incinerator (HOTI Group). [5] He is vice-chairman of the GLOBE UK branch of Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment. [13] Following the Parliamentary expenses scandal,Stuart defended his expenses in June 2009,which included spending £426 on bed linen and towels. [14]
His campaigns in the 2005–10 Parliament included the defeat of legislation on home education and saving the Beverley Pasture Masters. In the following parliament,he was involved in the successful campaign for lower Humber Bridge tolls,and persuaded the government to improve the A164 and construct the Beverley Bypass. In 2012,he defeated a proposed increase in VAT on static caravans,which are largely manufactured in the East Riding of Yorkshire. [15]
At the 2010 general election Stuart was re-elected,increasing his share of the vote to 47.1% and increasing his majority to 12,987. [16]
In June 2010,Stuart was elected by MPs as Chair of the Education Select Committee. [17] Despite being a Conservative MP,Stuart frequently disagreed with the Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove. [6] His committee produced up to six reports a year ranging from single evidence inquiries [18] to more detailed examinations into Education,Schools and Family policy. [19]
Stuart supports repealing the 2004 Hunting Act to bring back fox hunting,stating in 2010:"I've always said I would vote to reverse the ban". [20]
At the 2015 general election Stuart was again re-elected,increasing his vote share to 48.1%,but saw his majority cut from 12,987 to 12,203. [21]
On 27 February 2016,Stuart announced his support for Britain continuing to be a member of the European Union.
In an interview with the journalist Peter Wilby for The Guardian ,Stuart described himself as socially liberal,a "deficit hawk" who favours faster cuts to public spending,and an end to welfare dependency. [6] He was appointed an Assistant Whip by the new Prime Minister,Theresa May on 18 July 2016.
At the snap 2017 general election,Stuart was again re-elected,increasing his vote share to 58.4% and increasing his majority to 14,042. [22]
Stuart was promoted to serve as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports in the January 2019 government reshuffle. He returned to the backbenches in the September 2021 reshuffle.
Stuart was again re-elected at the 2019 general election,increasing his vote share to 62.1% and his majority to 20,448. This was the highest vote share and highest majority ever won by an MP in Beverley and Holderness. [23]
In January 2022 Stuart was appointed as a Trade Envoy to Vietnam,Cambodia and Laos and held this role until July 2022. [24] He was made Minister of State at the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office in July 2022 as part of the caretaker government by outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson. [25]
He was made Minister of State for Climate in September 2022 as part of the incoming cabinet of Prime Minister Liz Truss. [26] In one of his first interviews in his new position with the BBC,Stuart commented that oil and gas exploration in the North Sea would be "good for the environment". [27] He attended Charles III's accession council on 10 September. [28] He was formally appointed a privy counsellor three days later,granting him the honorific style The Right Honourable. [29] On 19 October 2022,before a controversial vote on fracking that the government had declared a vote of confidence,Stuart suggested that the vote was not actually a confidence vote,apparently communicating a message from a "junior official at 10 Downing Street". The resulting confusion played a significant role in the resignation of Liz Truss the next day. [30] On 27 October 2022,upon the appointment of Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister he was reappointed to his position and given the additional Energy portfolio but was removed from Cabinet. [31]
In 2023,reports emerged that Stuart had received £10,000 donation towards his campaign from energy company JR Rix &Sons and an additional £2,000 from Bostonair,an aviation company,both based in Hull. [32]
In April 2024,Stuart stood down as Energy Minister and Net Zero Minister. [33]
Graham Stuart lives in Beverley and separated from his wife in January 2022. He enjoys motorcycling,cycling and cricket. [24]
Sir Graham Stuart Brady is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Altrincham and Sale West since 1997. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Chairman of the 1922 Committee since 2010, except for a brief period during the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election.
Charles Hendry is a British Conservative Party politician. Formerly the member of parliament for High Peak between the 1992 and 1997 general elections, he was returned as the MP for Wealden in 2001. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change and served until 2012. He stood down at the 2015 general election.
Surgeon Commander Andrew William Murrison is a British doctor, naval officer and politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Wiltshire, previously Westbury, since 2001. He has been Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Families since October 2022.
Gregory William Hands is a British politician serving as Minister for London and Minister of State for Trade Policy since November 2023. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelsea and Fulham, previously Hammersmith and Fulham, since 2005. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as its Chairman from February to November 2023. Hands has served as Minister of State for Trade Policy under four prime ministers, holding the office on four occasions, and also served as Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth from 2021 to 2022.
Beverley and Holderness is a county constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post electoral system. The constituency has been represented by Graham Stuart of the Conservative Party since the 2005 general election.
Robert Owen Biggs Wilson is an English politician and political author. He was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the Reading East parliamentary constituency in the 2005 general election, being re-elected in the elections of 2010 and 2015, before being defeated in 2017. He became Minister for Civil Society in the Cabinet Office on 27 September 2014.
Sir Robert Goodwill is a British Conservative Party politician and farmer who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough and Whitby since 2005. He was previously a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber. Goodwill served in Theresa May's government as Minister of State at the Home Office, the Department for Education, and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Sir David Anthony Evennett is a Conservative politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bexleyheath and Crayford at the 2005 general election. Previously he was the MP for Erith and Crayford between the 1983 and 1997 general elections. He served as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from September to October 2022. He will retire as an MP at the July 2024 general election.
Robin Caspar Walker is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester from 2010 to 2024. He chaired the House of Commons Education Select Committee from 2022 to 2024. He served as the Minister of State for School Standards from 2021 to 2022 and as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at both the Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office under Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 2019 to 2020. A member of the Conservative Party, he identifies as a one-nation Conservative.
Damian Patrick George Hinds is a British Conservative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for East Hampshire since 2010. He has served as Minister of State for Schools since November 2023, and previously served as Secretary of State for Education under Theresa May from 2018 to 2019; he has also held junior ministerial positions under four Prime Ministers.
Marcus Charles Jones is an English Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nuneaton since 2010. Previously he had been the Leader of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. He has been serving as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Treasurer of the Household since October 2022.
Stuart James Andrew is a British Conservative politician, serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society since September 2022 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities since October 2022. Andrew previously served as Government Deputy Chief Whip from 2020 to 2022, Minister of State for Housing from February to July 2022, and Minister of State for Prisons and Probation from July to September 2022. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Pudsey from 2010 to 2024.
Nigel Adams is a British former politician who served as Minister of State without Portfolio at the Cabinet Office from 2021 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Selby and Ainsty from 2010 until his resignation in 2023.
David Henry Rutley is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Macclesfield since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas and Caribbean since October 2022.
Graham Thomas Evans, Baron Evans of Rainow is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Weaver Vale in Cheshire from 2010 until 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, he was appointed to the House of Lords in 2022.
Robert Henry Halfon is a British Conservative Party politician, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harlow since 2010.
John Philip Glen is a British politician and former management consultant who has served as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General since November 2023. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Salisbury in Wiltshire since 2010. Glen was formerly Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism from 2017 to 2018; Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister from January 2018 to July 2022; and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from October 2022 until November 2023.
Gregory David Clark is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2016 to 2019. He also was Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2015 to 2016 and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities from July to September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tunbridge Wells from 2005 until 2024. He is currently the Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee.
William James Quince is a British politician and former lawyer who served as Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care from September 2022 to November 2023. A member of the Conservative Party, he was first elected at the 2015 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Colchester, defeating the incumbent Liberal Democrat MP Sir Bob Russell. From 2011 to 2016, Quince was a borough councillor in Colchester. On 9 June 2023, Quince announced he would not run as an MP at the next general election.
Sir Jeremy Mark Quin is a British Conservative politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Horsham since 2015. He served as Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire under Prime Minister Liz Truss from September to October 2022. After Truss resigned and Rishi Sunak succeeded her, Quin was appointed to be Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office. Quin resigned from Sunak's government in the November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle and became Chair of the Defence Select Committee in January 2024.