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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, Transport, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, 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)
- 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)
- International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Hospital Beds (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospitals were on a black alert bed status in (a) December 2009 and (b) January 2010; and what proportion of the beds involved were occupied by older patients requiring chronic care in each month.”
- Business of the House (4 Feb 2010) has video
“May I be straightforward and understandable? May we have a debate on the Floor of the House in Government time on the loss of national identity? In the week in which the Townswomen's Guild published the results of a survey of its 34,000 members which showed that over 95 per cent. were concerned that Britain was losing its national identity as a result of the scale of mass immigration that the...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Food Labelling (4 Feb 2010) has video
“When he last met representatives of the food retail industry to discuss country of origin food labelling; and if he will make a statement.”
More of Philip Hollobone's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 102 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 88 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 12 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
- 119 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Philip Hollobone speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 259 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 – 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £22,790 (155th) | £22,999 (195th) | £22,010 (257th) | £13,024 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £3,526 (642nd) | £7,623 (620th) | £12,832 (589th) | £16,147 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £0 | £400 (645th) | £400 (645th) | £12,150 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,219 (217th) | £7,876 (337th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £7,788 (304th)3 | £7,304 (333rd)2 | £6,767 (354th)1 | £4,485 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £47 (325th) | £0 | 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 | £2,560 (433rd) | £71 (636th) | £568 (joint 496th with 1 other) | £561 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £435 (622nd) | £960 (586th) | £2,195 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,029 (joint 556th with 2 others) | £1,014 (joint 385th with 19 others) | £1,014 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £46,931 (646th) | £47,737 (645th) | £44,551 (645th) | £49,576 |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,675 (439th). Rail £4,839 (191st). Misc £790 (45th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,675 (414th). Rail £4,941 (192nd). Misc £1,002 (35th). Other: Rail £92 (107th). Air £78 (40th).