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Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood

Conservative Bournemouth East M
The Rt Hon Mr Tobias Ellwood is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for Bournemouth East, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £0 / £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings £0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared) £0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Ministerial activity

Records on file 62
30 meetings · 22 hospitality · 0 gifts · 10 overseas trips · 2017-01-01 → 2019-12-31

Recent meetings · latest 20 of 30

Date Met with Purpose Source
2019-05-08 — To discuss Soldiering On Awards ministry-of-defence
2019-05-07 — To discuss issues raided by The Royal British Legion ministry-of-defence
2019-02-11 — To discuss the charities support to veterans ministry-of-defence
2019-02-04 — To discuss Veterans welfare ministry-of-defence
2019-01-30 — To discuss Veterans employment ministry-of-defence
2019-01-16 — To discuss the future strategy and objectives of the charity ministry-of-defence
2018-12-06 — Discuss Invictus Games ministry-of-defence
2018-12-04 — Meet CEO ministry-of-defence
2018-12-03 — Tour, meet and greet Veterans, discuss new start ups ministry-of-defence
2018-11-13 — To discuss Veterans employment ministry-of-defence
2018-11-06 — Meeting Chairman ministry-of-defence
2018-10-15 — Networking opportunity with RBLI, Riverside Charity, Alabare, COBSEO, STOLL, The Poppy Factory ministry-of-defence
2018-03-26 — defence business ministry-of-defence
2018-03-13 — defence business ministry-of-defence
2018-03-07 — defence business ministry-of-defence
2018-03-07 — defence business ministry-of-defence
2018-03-06 — defence business ministry-of-defence
2018-01-24 — defence business ministry-of-defence
2018-01-23 — defence business ministry-of-defence
2017-12-18 — Covenant Signing ministry-of-defence

Recent hospitality · latest 20 of 22

Date Host Type Value
2019-06-29 — Baseball Game Tickets —
2019-06-05 — Dinner —
2019-03-27 — Breakfast —
2019-03-07 — Breakfast —
2019-02-28 — Dinner —
2019-01-28 — Dinner —
2019-01-23 — Dinner —
2018-11-28 — Dinner —
2018-11-20 — Dinner —
2018-11-10 — Tickets —
2018-11-08 — Luncheon —
2018-10-30 — Dinner —
2018-10-10 — (Reception) Dinner —
2018-08-14 — Tickets —
2018-07-19 — Tickets —
2018-07-17 — Dinner —
2018-07-13 — Tickets —
2017-12-13 — Awards Ceremony and Dinner —
2017-11-28 — Dinner —
2017-11-09 — Dinner —

Recent overseas travel

Dates Destination Purpose Total cost
— Normandy, France
No 32 (The Royal) Squadron
D-Day 75 Royal British Legion Cruise —
— Rome, Italy
Scheduled flight
Ministerial representation at the 75th Anniversary of The Battle of Monte Cassino —
— Nil Return
Nil Return
Nil Return —
— Washington DC
Scheduled flight
Discussions with US on Veterans Strategy —
— Ypres, Belgium
Eurostar
Last 100 days Ceremony —
— Ypres, Belgium
Eurostar
Ypres, Armistice International —
— Bahrain
Scheduled flight
Manama Dialogues, Bilaterals —
— Sydney and Canberra, Australia
Scheduled Flight
Invictus Games, 5Eyes Conference, Bilaterals —
— Lille
Eurostar
Youth Engagment —
— Paris
Eurostar
Bilateral Meetings —
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage: HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.

Constituencies represented

2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Bournemouth East
2005-05-05 → 2010-05-06
Bournemouth East

Party history

2022-10-15 → 2024-05-30
Conservative
2022-07-19 → 2022-10-14
Independent
2005-05-05 → 2022-07-18
Conservative

Government posts

2017-06-14 → 2019-07-27
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
2014-07-15 → 2017-06-14
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

Opposition posts

2007-07-02 → 2010-05-06
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport)
2005-05-10 → 2007-07-02
Opposition Whip (Commons)

Committee memberships

2005-07-12 → 2006-01-23
Environmental Audit Committee
2011-01-17 → 2011-03-08
Armed Forces Bill Committee
2020-01-29 → 2023-09-14
Defence Committee Chair +£15,928/yr
2020-03-05 → 2023-09-14
Defence Sub-Committee Chair +£15,928/yr
2020-05-11 → 2023-11-14
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2020-05-20 → 2023-09-14
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2020-07-06 → 2023-09-14
Committees on Arms Export Controls
2023-06-22 → 2023-09-14
Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government
2024-02-28 → 2024-03-06
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill
2024-02-28 → 2024-03-07
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

No contact details recorded.

APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 1 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Slovakia
Country Group
Officer — 12 2024-07-06
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Bereavement Support
Subject Group
Chair & Registered Contact — 4 2024-07-11
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Commons votes · 2026

No Commons votes recorded for 2026.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

No written questions tabled in 2026.

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are MPs who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

1 bills 1 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Local Authority Powers (Election Campaigns) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2008-03-19
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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