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Philip Hollobone

Conservative MP for Kettering

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• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 3,301 votes. — 533rd out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Philip Hollobone voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly 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

• Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Transport Committee (since 12 Dec 2006)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Transport, Deputy Prime Minister

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Police, Coroners, Diabetes, Railways, Early Retirement

(based on written questions asked by Philip Hollobone and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Animal Welfare Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Compensation Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Business of the House (19 Nov 2009)

“Thirteen per cent. of our near record prison population in England and Wales is made up of foreign nationals who can be returned to secure detention in their own countries only with their voluntary agreement. Will the Leader of the House make time available for the Lord High Chancellor to make proposals to this House for the compulsory transfer of foreign national criminals back to their...”

Business, Innovation and Skills: First Capital Connect (12 Nov 2009)

“Rail travellers from Kettering will be affected by this disruption, not least because many of the Thameslink refugees will seek to use midland main line services. Will the Ministers speak with those who run the midland main line to see how capacity and service slots might be improved to absorb this flow?”

Business, Innovation and Skills: Groceries Supplies (Code of Conduct) (12 Nov 2009)

“In Desborough in my constituency, the Co-op has the only supermarket in town and it has restrictive covenants on other sites where supermarkets might locate. Those covenants are effectively acting as a brake on the economic redevelopment of the town. What will the Government do to ensure that they do not act as a brake on economic growth?”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 84 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 90 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 81% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 122 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Philip Hollobone speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 242 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 11 Nov 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.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,675 (439th). Rail £4,839 (191st). Misc £790 (45th).

^** Car £1,993 (429th). Rail £4,774 (187th).