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Louise Ellman
Labour MP for Liverpool, Riverside

• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election

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• Voting record
• Topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Louise Ellman voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
• Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
• Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
• Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
• Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
• Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
• Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes

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• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Transport, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Health, Work and Pensions

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Asylum Seekers, Lyons Review, Iran, Rescue Services, Railways

(based on written questions asked by Louise Ellman and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Planning Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
• Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Company Law Reform Bill Committee (19 out of 22)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Fire and Rescue Services Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
• Finance Bill Committee (12 out of 21)
• Human Tissue Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
• Marine Safety Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Divorce (Religious Marriages) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• International Criminal Court Bill Committee (8 out of 10)

Most recent appearances

[John Robertson in the Chair] — Plug-in Vehicles (25 Apr 2013)

“I am encouraged by the Minister’s response, and I look forward to receiving reports on further progress.”

Road Safety (25 Apr 2013)

“I will start by setting out the current situation. The most recent annual report on road casualties was published last year and provides detailed information for 2011. In that year, there were 203,950 reported casualties on the roads of Great Britain. What is notable about the 2011 statistics is that they represent the first annual increase in the number of people killed in road accidents...”

Road Safety (25 Apr 2013)

“My hon. Friend points to the importance of local campaigning and the impact of cuts in local government spending on the ability of local authorities to address road safety. I will return to those points. It would also be helpful to know whether the Minister has any provisional information on whether the winter weather earlier this year led to fewer fatalities. Political leadership is a major...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 46 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 22 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 71.87% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 52 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 277 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

¹ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,546 (429th). Rail £9,225 (53rd). Other: Mileage £91 (49th). European £1,253 (36th).

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,680 (425th). Rail £11,258 (24th).

³ Car £1,816 (440th). Rail £11,464 (18th). Air £163 (217th).