Tobias Ellwood’s voting in Parliament

Tobias Ellwood is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.

However, Tobias Ellwood sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Tobias Ellwood generally voted for a wholly elected House of Lords, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes

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Tobias Ellwood

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: RAF St Athan 27 Jun 2017

  I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to her by my hon. Friend the then Minister for Defence Veterans, Reserves and Personnel (Mark Lancaster) on 24 April 2017 to Question 70761. 70761 - WQnA extract on RAF St Athan (PDF Document, 66.17 KB)

• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Armed Forces: Discrimination 27 Jun 2017

  Any offence motivated by hate or prejudice against the Armed Forces is very concerning, and the courts are already fully empowered to take such factors into account when deciding on the appropriate sentence.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Veterans 27 Jun 2017

  The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has no plans to create a register of veterans. The Department has, however, sponsored the inclusion of questions about veterans in the Office for National Statistics' Annual Population Survey (APS) in order to provide the evidence base required by Government, third parties and the private sector to aid policy development in support of the Armed Forces Covenant...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Bournemouth East

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @Tobias_Ellwood
• https://facebook.com/TobiasEllwood

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Tobias Ellwood campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Defence
• Culture Media and Sport
• Home Department
• Transport
• Communities and Local Government
• Afghanistan
• Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
• Aircraft Carriers
• Libya
• Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft

Currently held offices

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (since 14 Jun 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (15 Jul 2014 to 14 Jun 2017)
• Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee (17 Jan 2011 to 8 Mar 2011)
• Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) (2 Jul 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 23 Jan 2006)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (10 May 2005 to 2 Jul 2007)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• David Atkinson
• John Cordle

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Defence Reform Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
• European Union (Referendum) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Antarctic Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Daylight Saving Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Coinage (Measurement) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 12)
• Energy Bill Committee (8 out of 12)
• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Legal Services Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
• Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Identity Cards Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (5 out of 6)

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• Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Tobias Ellwood’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 134 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Tobias Ellwood’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 875 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)