• Conservative MP for Devizes
• Majority: 13,194 votes. — 211th out of 630 MPs.
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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Recent appearances
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• Register of Members’ Interests
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• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

How Michael Ancram voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office) Committee (since 3 Aug 2006)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Defence, Health, Home Department, International Development

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Iraq, Gibraltar, Burma

(based on written questions asked by Michael Ancram and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Innovation, Universities and Skills: Departmental Public Relations (18 Nov 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much his Department spent on (a) entertainment, (b) advertising and promotion and (c) public relations consultancy in 2007-08.”

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Inspections (18 Nov 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many inspectors were employed by his Department in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 1997-98.”

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (18 Nov 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of UK armed forces are deployed in (a) Kabul and (b) Helmand province.”

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• Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 173 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 49% of votes in parliament — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 11 comments on this MP's speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 61 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Michael Ancram speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 392 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £787 (551st). Rail £2,015 (334th). Air £4,625 (77th).