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Louise Ellman
Labour MP for Liverpool, Riverside
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Louise Ellman voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. 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 very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. 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, Railways, Doctors: Training
(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)
- Human Tissue Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
- Fire and Rescue Services Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
- Finance Bill Committee (12 out of 21)
- 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
- Opposition Day: Backbench Business — [Unallotted half day] — Metal Theft (7 Feb 2012)
“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hyndburn (Graham Jones) and other hon. Members on their work to secure this important debate on the epidemic of metal theft. In the short time available, I would like to concentrate on the work of the Transport Committee on its recent report on cable theft on the railways, to which the hon. Member for Manchester, Withington (Mr Leech) has already...”
- Opposition Day: Backbench Business — [Unallotted half day] — Metal Theft (7 Feb 2012)
“I thank the hon. Lady for her comments and recognise what she says, but the Committee advocates a compulsory system of registration, stronger licensing and enforcement, too. There must also be an increase in police powers to enter sites and to search them. There should be new offences, such as aggravated trespass on the railways, to make the theft of metal on the railway something for which...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Disability Living Allowance (7 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will ensure that the new disability living allowance assessment does not disqualify people with pervasive developmental disorders from receipt of disability living allowance.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 45 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 63 written questions in the last year — above 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 71.91% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below 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") 235 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. 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.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,592 (107th) | £22,831 (joint 235th with 1 other) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £16,359 (130th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £16,667 (374th) | £14,530 (478th) | £19,769 (388th) | £19,491 | £15,473 (474th) | £17,660 (492nd) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £12,234 (457th) |
| Staffing costs | £105,318 (49th) | £96,836 (44th) | £89,628 (76th) | £82,908 | £76,125 (117th) | £69,898 (joint 182nd with 10 others) | £65,360 (271st) | £52,261 (119th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,961 (368th) | £9,942 (joint 155th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £12,115 (134th)1 | £12,938 (122nd)2 | £13,443 (104th)3 | £13,809 | £12,056 (270th) | £15,226 (140th) | £13,154 (198th) | £10,019 (218th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,487 (44th) | £1,393 (56th) | £2,172 (36th) | £216 | £2,038 (73rd) | £1,897 (59th) | £2,488 (31st) | £480 (250th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £2,253 (38th) | £1,045 (120th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,771 (293rd) | £654 (joint 392nd with 2 others) | £1,167 (232nd) | £872 | £1,209 (232nd) | £935 (joint 288th with 1 other) | £1,165 (joint 267th with 2 others) | £1,045 (joint 310th with 2 others) |
| 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 with 1 other) | £1,109 (232nd) | £0 | £1,964 (joint 162nd with 1 other) | £1,964 (joint 156th with 2 others) | £1,964 (joint 154th with 2 others) | £1,964 (joint 148th with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £173,164 (55th) | £163,476 (63rd) | £153,637 (56th) | £141,906 | £132,145 (148th) | £130,633 (107th) | £122,087 (119th) | £94,362 (180th) |
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).