• Conservative MP for Devizes
• Majority: 13,194 votes. — 214th out of 635 MPs.
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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members' Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edm.ais.co.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 strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

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, Prime Minister, 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 — Defence: Army (8 May 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his most recent assessment is of the Army's capability to react to the unexpected.”

Written Answers — Defence: Army: Labour Turnover (8 May 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people have (a) joined and (b) left the regular Army since 2005.”

Written Answers — Defence: Air Force: Labour Turnover (7 May 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people have (a) joined and (b) left the Royal Air Force since 2005.”

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• Has spoken in 15 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 44 written questions in the last year — 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 6 comments on this MP's speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 60 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Michael Ancram speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 387 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 23 Apr 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).