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Tobias Ellwood

Conservative MP for Bournemouth East

• Shadow Minister, Culture, Media & Sport (since 6 Jul 2007)


• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 5,244 votes. — 403rd 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 Tobias Ellwood voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for 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
• Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on 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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Culture Media and Sport, Defence, Home Department, Transport, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations, Afghanistan, Armoured Vehicles, Gambling: Internet, Tourism

(based on written questions asked by Tobias Ellwood and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Legal Services Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Identity Cards Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

[Mr. Eric Illsley in the Chair] — European Commission Annual Policy Strategy (2 Jul 2009)

“That was not my interpretation of my hon. Friend's comments. The reason why there is such an interest in what goes on in other countries is that it relates to the mechanics of what we are voting for. We do not have the system if one country votes against it, so, of course, we look over our shoulders to see what is happening in other countries. We want to be aware of what is happening. That is...”

[Mr. Eric Illsley in the Chair] — European Commission Annual Policy Strategy (2 Jul 2009)

“rose—”

[Mr. Eric Illsley in the Chair] — European Commission Annual Policy Strategy (2 Jul 2009)

“We are talking about astonishing sums of money—€3.4 billion—so it is worth just a couple more seconds of the Minister's and the Chamber's time. We should have updates and more detail on exactly how the money is being spent. The matter was being debated when I first became an MP, and as the Minister said, I have spoken about it before, but there is still only one satellite up...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 57 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 230 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 65% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 87 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Tobias Ellwood speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 260 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 £599 (551st). Rail £4,083 (231st). Other: Rail £552 (39th). European £891 (64th).

^** Car £1,776 (443rd). Rail £2,280 (311th). Air £328 (178th).