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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
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

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)
• Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (9 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)
• Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Business of the House (2 Jul 2009)

“Further to the question posed by my right hon. Friend the Member for Bracknell (Mr. Mackay), may we have a debate in Government time on the Floor of the House entitled "The Government's alienation of the middle classes"? Perhaps it could be opened by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, so that he could expand on his reported thesis that the Government's approach to...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Exotic Animal Disease (2 Jul 2009)

“What proportion of the costs of dealing with exotic animal disease outbreaks will be met by farmers under his Department's cost-sharing proposals.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Exotic Animal Disease (2 Jul 2009)

“DEFRA assumes that in a typical year, whatever that is, the costs of coping with such outbreaks might be £134 million, of which £65 million would fall on the Government and £69 million on the industry. The Secretary of State now proposes that the industry shares half the Government's costs, effectively meaning that farmers will pay 70 per cent. of the overall bill. Are not...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 116 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 109 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 very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 82% 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.
• 126 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Philip Hollobone speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 226 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

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.

^* 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).