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Louise Ellman

Labour MP for Liverpool, Riverside


  • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
  • Majority: 10,214 votes. — 91st out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Louise Ellman voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

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

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership
  • Member, Liaison Committee (since 3 Jun 2008)
  • Chairman, Transport Committee (since 23 May 2008)

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Home Department, Transport, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Health, Education and Skills

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

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

RSS feed Most recent appearances

Department for Transport: Road Safety (2 Jul 2009)

“I am pleased to have the opportunity today to debate the important topic of road safety. This debate is taking place on estimates day, and it is very important, indeed, that essential spending on road safety measures be maintained. Road safety is about the lives of individuals and their families, and it is even more than that: it is a major issue that affects all our society. The Transport...”

Department for Transport: Road Safety (2 Jul 2009)

“I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention and agree with his sentiments. I hope that the Transport Committee's report will help focus public attention on what is indeed a national scandal. I should like to highlight some of the key issues in our report and the Government's response. The report links road safety with wider policies to do with improving the environment and health. It also...”

Department for Transport: Road Safety (2 Jul 2009)

“Owing to the way in which statistics are collected, we were focusing on novice young drivers; there are no comparable data on novice older drivers. However, it appears that the tragic facts that I am reporting relate to young people. The Committee feels that the issue is indeed related to age; it could be to do with attitude and experience of driving. Another chilling statistic is that one in...”

More of Louise Ellman's recent appearances

Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 40 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Is a member of 2 select committees (1 as chair).
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 87% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 50 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
  • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
  • 148 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Louise Ellman speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 171 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

Type2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
Additional Costs Allowance£22,831 (joint 235th) £22,110 (joint 1st) £21,634 £20,902 (joint 1st) £20,333 (joint 3rd) £19,722 (joint 1st) £16,359 (130th)
London Supplement£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Incidental Expenses Provision£14,530 (478th) £19,769 (388th) £19,491 £15,473 (474th) £17,660 (492nd) £18,234 (joint 1st) £12,234 (457th)
Staffing Allowance£96,836 (44th) £89,628 (76th) £82,908 £76,125 (117th) £69,898 (joint 182nd) £65,360 (271st) £52,261 (119th)
Communications Allowance£9,942 (joint 155th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£12,938 (122nd)* £13,443 (104th)** £13,809 £12,056 (270th) £15,226 (140th) £13,154 (198th) £10,019 (218th)
Members' Staff Travel£1,393 (56th) £2,172 (36th) £216 £2,038 (73rd) £1,897 (59th) £2,488 (31st) £480 (250th)
Members' Spouse Travel£1,045 (120th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£654 (joint 392nd) £1,167 (232nd) £872 £1,209 (232nd) £935 (joint 288th) £1,165 (joint 267th) £1,045 (joint 310th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£2,030 (367th) £4,239 (179th) £2,976 £2,378 (351st) £2,720 (301st) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,277 (joint 218th) £1,109 (232nd) £0 £1,964 (joint 162nd) £1,964 (joint 156th) £1,964 (joint 154th) £1,964 (joint 148th)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total£163,476 (63rd) £153,637 (56th) £141,906 £132,145 (148th) £130,633 (107th) £122,087 (119th) £94,362 (180th)

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

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