Beverley and Holderness.

Breaking from his party only once in this parliament -- to back the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in March 2025, against the Conservative majority -- Graham Stuart is otherwise a near-perfect party-line voter at 99.7% alignment. His most notable recent controversy came in November 2025 when BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce publicly rebuked him for making unsupported accusations and what viewers called a "tasteless slur," drawing sharp criticism of his conduct. More constructively, he has campaigned visibly for a Banking Hub in Hedon following local branch closures, and responded promptly to the Withernsea sea tragedy in January 2026 with a public statement supporting affected families.

Stuart's participation rate of 60% sits below the Commons average, though his speech record is substantial -- 702 contributions across 201 debates, concentrated heavily on economy and jobs, fiscal policy, local government, and social care. His stance profile marks him as strongly pro-business and opposed to tax increases, while voting against Labour measures on workers' rights and progressive taxation in nearly every case. He deviates from the Conservative average by showing notably stronger support for armed forces welfare and local democracy, and somewhat weaker support for climate action.

Stuart served as Energy Minister under the previous Conservative government, which explains both his high volume of economy and energy-related speeches and his reported opposition to a proposed nuclear waste site on the Holderness coast -- a position that aligned his ministerial-era expertise with direct constituency interest. He currently sits on no select committees. News coverage over the past 90 days is broadly neutral, spread across community, crime, and local economy stories, with no strongly positive or negative pattern emerging.