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Michael Ellis is a former MP for Northampton North.

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Former Conservative MP for Northampton North

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @Michael_Ellis1
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Michael Ellis campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Home Department
• Justice
• Culture Media and Sport
• Health
• Iran
• Iran: Sanctions
• Middle East
• Forests
• Middle East: Armed Conflict

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committee of Privileges ( 4 Dec 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Committee on Standards ( 4 Dec 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• The Attorney-General ( 6 Sep 2022 to 25 Oct 2022)
• Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Attends Cabinet) ( 8 Feb 2022 to 6 Sep 2022)
• Paymaster General (16 Sep 2021 to 6 Sep 2022)
• The Solicitor-General (10 Sep 2021 to 15 Sep 2021)
• The Attorney-General ( 3 Mar 2021 to 10 Sep 2021)
• The Solicitor-General (26 Jul 2019 to 3 Mar 2021)
• Minister of State (Department for Transport) (23 May 2019 to 26 Jul 2019)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport ( 9 Jan 2018 to 23 May 2019)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (17 Jul 2016 to 9 Jan 2018)
• Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (17 Jul 2016 to 9 Jan 2018)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (13 Jul 2015 to 2 Nov 2015)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (13 Jul 2015 to 2 Nov 2015)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (14 Feb 2011 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Sally Keeble
• Tony Marlow
• Maureen Colquhoun

Future MPs in this constituency

• Lucy Rigby

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Protection of Freedoms Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
• Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill Committee (19 out of 20)

Recent appearances

• Holocaust Memorial Bill: Clause 1 - Expenditure relating to a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre 22 May 2024

  Forgive me. The Jewish people in this country are a very small minority. There are many constituencies where there will be no Jews at all—literally none—and many others where there will perhaps be only a dozen or two. Jews represent only 0.3% of the population of this country, at around 250,000 people in a population of 70 million. In a world of 7 billion people, there are only 17 million...

• Holocaust Memorial Bill: Clause 1 - Expenditure relating to a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre 22 May 2024

  It is a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Brigg and Goole (Andrew Percy). If that was his last speech in this place and representing his constituency, may I say that he does it proud? He does his constituency proud, and he has done his constituency proud. The House and his party are proud, and his service to this House and his eloquence are known to all. I congratulate...

• Israel and Gaza 20 May 2024

  Does my right hon. Friend agree that this is a grotesque overreach by the ICC? Courts, too, must act within the rule of law, and the jurisdiction of a court is not for itself to judge. The statute of Rome, which set up the International Criminal Court, clearly delineated the powers of the Court. The US and the UK have both previously said that the ICC does not have jurisdiction. Under its...

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