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Ian Stewart

Ian Stewart

LAB Labour Former MP
Last served Eccles (1997-05-01 – 2010-05-06)
21.0
Progressive
19 coded votes
976
Total votes
436
Ayes
540
Noes
0
Other

Parliamentary History

1 May 1997 – 6 May 2010 (13 yrs)

Ideology spectrum

21.0
ProgressiveCentreConservative

Progressive — based on 19 coded votes across 1 axes (2% coverage).

Policy axis scores

0 = progressive, 50 = centre, 100 = conservative. Based on coded division votes.

Climate / energy 21
Medium confidence 19 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

November 2008 5 votes
Division Date Vote
I certainly regard the hon. Gentleman as a friend for giving way. I was accusing not him of distributing Focuses—they would get lost in his vast constituency—but the hon. Member for Manchester, Withington (Mr. Leech) , who remains absent from this debate, as he has from the entire debate, as we shall make clear in Manchester. I shall remain as free with my remarks as the right hon. Gentleman is wi... 10 Nov 2008 NO
Division 312 10 Nov 2008 AYE
I appreciate the constructive way in which my right hon. Friend set out his proposal. The Government's policy on credit guarantees is an important part of the overall financial package announced on 8 September , and progress has been made. Overnight LIBOR was 6.8 per cent. on 16 September ; today, it is 3.2 per cent. The three-month LIBOR rate has declined over the past 10 days from 6.3 per cent. ... 10 Nov 2008 NO
Two hon. Members have justified clause 19, as the Minister will do. The GMB, of which I am a long-standing member, has sent us a note on various items. Its general secretary, who presumably knows what he is talking about, states: "Clause 19... is totally inadequate." He goes on to say that it will provide BNP members with "more protection than any other trade unionist and unions would be financial... 4 Nov 2008 NO
I respect what my right hon. Friend says; he has significant experience in such matters. As I said, the Government are not convinced that the right way forward is to require the employer to help the union to organise the ballot. A couple of my hon. Friends have tempted me to give undertakings, but I am afraid that I cannot do that this evening. As I said, however, we are always happy to have a dia... 4 Nov 2008 AYE
October 2008 25 votes
Division Date Vote
I am proud to have been part of the process of considering the Bill and I urge the House to give it a Third Reading. I would like to add my welcome to the Bill. It will have an enormous impact on the way in which we order our economy and how the Government work. I am not sure that many people have assimilated that yet. In this place, we are often accused of short-termism; perhaps we are considerin... 28 Oct 2008 AYE
(b) improving the sustainability of the buildings that already form part of the civil estate; and (c) ensuring that any new buildings procured for the civil estate are in the upper quartile of energy performance. (3) Where any new building procured for the civil estate is not in the upper quartile of energy performance, the report must state the reasons why this is the case. (4) A report under thi... 28 Oct 2008 AYE
(b) an explanation of the methodology used to make this emissions projection, and (c) the way in which any carbon budgets have been adjusted to take account of such projections. (2) When making the above projection, the Secretary of State shall have regard to international carbon reporting practice. (3) The projection shall cover any year for which a carbon budget has been set, and may include any... 28 Oct 2008 NO
Government amendment No. 44. The amending provisions in the group concern various reporting obligations on both Government and business. The key issue is the corporate reporting of emissions, which we have, of course, discussed before at various stages of the Bill's passage. Levels of reporting on greenhouse gas emissions in the UK are already high. Many companies currently report their emissions ... 28 Oct 2008 NO
"That duty is constant...It will weigh on our shoulders for as long as we wish to dwell on a living and thriving planet, and hand it on to our children and theirs." I am a multilateralist. I do not believe that Britain should act alone, but this Bill provides for the Secretary of State to give leadership in our international negotiations and, at all times, to have the flexibility to ensure that ot... 28 Oct 2008 AYE
Division 297 28 Oct 2008 AYE
Division 296 28 Oct 2008 NO
I stand corrected, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was searching for a form of words that my constituents down the Dog and Duck would think adequately expressed the Government's behaviour, but I suppose it would be best to say that they say one thing and do another. That is the backdrop to the Bill. None the less, I welcome the Government's late conversion to feed-in tariffs, for which the Conservatives h... 28 Oct 2008 NO
Ninety-nine per cent. of it does. I very much appreciate the 1 per cent. concession that he indicates he was willing to make. As far as climate change is concerned, we need to develop matters in partnership, not least with the bus operators. I am keen that they should play a part in the improvement of emissions as far as buses are concerned. I hope that we will get into serious discussions on that... 27 Oct 2008 AYE
No. 150, page 61, line 4, at end insert— '"tramway passenger service" means any service for the carriage of passengers by tramway.".'.— [Paul Clark.] Amendment made: No. 151, page 64, line 22, leave out subsections (7) to (9).— [Paul Clark.] Amendment made: No. 152, page 66, line 43, leave out 'direction' and insert 'review'.— [Paul Clark.] Amendment proposed: No. 26, page 68, line 29, at end inse... 27 Oct 2008 NO
(b) for "the local transport plan made jointly by" substitute "the local transport policies of"; (c) omit the words from "and the councils" to the end.'.— [Paul Clark.] Amendments made: No. 119, page 17, line 49, leave out 'the Secretary of State' and insert 'the appropriate national authority'. No. 120, in page 18, line 1, leave out 'the Secretary of State' and insert 'the appropriate national au... 27 Oct 2008 NO
(b) on that appeal, the Tribunal direct the authority or authorities to vary the scheme in the manner specified by the Tribunal in the direction, nothing in section 132(5) to (9) (procedure for variation of scheme) applies in relation to the varying of the scheme in the manner specified in the direction, unless the Tribunal otherwise direct. (3) Subsection (2) is without prejudice to any right of ... 27 Oct 2008 AYE
I think, however, that the Minister has already said that the decision on whether non-elected members should have a vote on the ITA should come up after each local authority election at the very least, so that it could be repeated. Indeed, there was some suggestion that the voting members on the ITA might be able to vote on the rights of non-elected members at any time. That might deal with the pr... 27 Oct 2008 NO
The hon. Gentleman will be aware that we have already given the traffic commissioner the power relating to the three-month extension, but his suggestion would almost take us into the game of finding a further extension. It is a question of where we draw the line. All the advice that we have received is that the process should be well on the way, if not complete, after nine months. That is why we h... 27 Oct 2008 NO
Division 294 27 Oct 2008 AYE
No. 150, in page 61, line 4, at end insert— '"tramway passenger service" means any service for the carriage of passengers by tramway.".'.— [Paul Clark.] Amendment made: No. 151, in page 64, line 22, leave out subsections (7) to (9).— [Paul Clark.] Amendment made: No. 152, in page 66, line 43, leave out 'direction' and insert 'review'.— [Paul Clark.] Amendment proposed: No. 26, in page 68, line 29,... 27 Oct 2008 NO
(b) for "the local transport plan made jointly by" substitute "the local transport policies of"; (c) omit the words from "and the councils" to the end.'.— [Paul Clark.] Amendments made: No. 119, in page 17, line 49, leave out 'the Secretary of State' and insert 'the appropriate national authority'. No. 120, in page 18, line 1, leave out 'the Secretary of State' and insert 'the appropriate national... 27 Oct 2008 NO
That is one of the intentions and we made it clear that we would want to see it happen. Our purpose is to ensure that we get in place the structures and requirements to deliver decent bus services throughout our towns and cities. Having reviewed the provision further, the Welsh Assembly Government have indicated that they wish to preserve the flexibility for the Welsh Ministers to appoint—and henc... 27 Oct 2008 AYE
Division 290 27 Oct 2008 NO
An interesting range of contributions has been made to our discussions about one of the major elements of the Bill. It was interesting that the hon. Member for Wimbledon (Stephen Hammond) started with an attack on the Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, my right hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster, Central (Ms Winterton) , who undertook a great range of work in listening carefull... 27 Oct 2008 NO
"(12) Where a child was accommodated by the local authority under this section immediately before being detained, the child shall continue to be deemed a "looked after child" for the purposes of section 23(1)(b) and section 24 of this Act save for the provision of accommodation." (13) In this section "detained" means detained in a remand centre, a young offenders institution or a secure training c... 8 Oct 2008 NO
Interestingly, new clause 23 touches on some of the same issues, but proposes a more informal approach. It contains some interesting ideas; indeed, I would be rather surprised if something similar were not operating in the best local authorities. I am therefore not convinced that there is a need to legislate at this stage; rather, perhaps new clause 23 sets out some good practice that should be en... 8 Oct 2008 NO
Division 273 8 Oct 2008 NO
"if we fail in our endeavours to make the notification scheme work, we will not need to return to the House with primary legislation and we will implement the registration scheme, despite our concerns about whether it will work as well as everyone would like it to."—[ Official Report, Standing Committee B, 21 October 2004 ; c. 289-291.] We believe that local authorities should devise and publish a... 8 Oct 2008 NO
"that—on average—around 9 per cent. of all statutory instruments transpose EC legislation...I believe this is the correct figure." "has previously researched Mr Farage's claim, made on Today , that this figure is 75 per cent., and found that it is supposedly based on a German government statement, although no-one has actually discovered it. Mark points out, however, that this whole area is a conte... 8 Oct 2008 NO
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