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Graham takes part in Battle of Ideas debate

admin — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:27:07 +0000

Graham recently took part in a debate for the Battle of Ideas festival which was then aired online by citizen TV channel, WORLDbytes.

The debate, The Empty Square: the public engaged or imagined? was filmed by volunteers from WORLDbytes before being streamed on the internet. Graham said: “It is always a pleasure to take part in [...]

Times Educational Supplement interview with Graham Stuart MP

admin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:54:18 +0000

The new Tory chair of the education select committee hated school and failed his Cambridge law degree. While he thinks Michael Gove is ‘spot on’ in his analysis of current shortcomings, he has worries about the solutions proffered.

A common criticism of Barry Sheerman, long-standing former chair of the Commons schools select committee, was that he [...]

Graham Stuart returned as MP

admin — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:37:15 +0000

Graham Stuart has been returned as MP for Beverley and Holderness with a massive majority of almost 13,000.

The results were:

Name Party Votes % +/- Graham Stuart Conservative 25,063 47.1 +6.2 Craig Dobson Liberal Democrat 12,076 22.7 +3.0 Ian Saunders Labour 11,224 21.1 -13.6 Neil Whitelam British National Party 2,080 3.9 +3.9 Andrew Horsfield UK Independence Party 1,845 3.5 -1.2 Bill Rigby Green 686 1.3 +1.3 Ron Hughes Independent 225 0.4 +0.4 Majority 12,987 24.4 Turnout 53,199 66.8 +2.6