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James ELLES



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Constituencies

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  • Conservative Party icon: GB United Kingdom 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30
  • Conservative and Unionist Party icon: GB United Kingdom 2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
  • Conservative and Unionist Party icon: GB United Kingdom 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
  • Conservative and Unionist Party icon: GB United Kingdom 1994/07/19 - 1999/07/19
  • Conservative and Unionist Party icon: GB United Kingdom 1989/07/25 - 1994/07/18
  • Conservative and Unionist Party icon: GB United Kingdom 1984/07/24 - 1989/07/24

Groups

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  • icon: EDG EDG Member European Democratic Group 1984/07/24 - 1989/07/24
  • icon: EDG EDG Member European Democratic Group 1989/07/25 - 1992/04/30
  • icon: PPE PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 1992/05/01 - 1994/07/18
  • icon: PPE PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 1994/07/19 - 1999/07/19
  • icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 1999/07/20 - 1999/09/29
  • icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE Vice-Chair Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 1999/09/30 - 2004/07/19
  • icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
  • icon: ECR ECR Member European Conservatives and Reformists Group 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30

Committees

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RoleCommitteeStartEnd
Substitute of Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1984/07/26 1987/01/20
Member of Committee on Budgets 1984/07/26 1987/01/20
Substitute of Committee on the Verification of Credentials 1984/07/26 1987/01/20
Substitute of Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development 1987/01/21 1989/07/24
Member of Committee on Budgets 1987/01/21 1989/07/24
Substitute of Committee on Budgets 1989/07/26 1989/09/14
Member of Committee on External Economic Relations 1989/07/26 1989/09/15
Substitute of Committee on Budgetary Control 1989/09/15 1992/01/14
Member of Committee on Budgets 1989/09/15 1992/01/14
Substitute of Committee on External Economic Relations 1989/09/28 1992/01/14
Substitute of Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection 1992/01/15 1992/02/18
Substitute of Committee on Budgetary Control 1992/01/15 1994/07/18
Member of Committee on Budgets 1992/01/15 1994/07/18
Substitute of Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security 1992/02/18 1994/07/18
Member of Committee on Budgets 1994/07/21 1997/01/15
Substitute of Committee on Institutional Affairs 1994/07/21 1997/01/15
Member of Committee on Budgetary Control 1994/09/29 1997/01/15
Member of Committee on Budgetary Control 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Member of Committee on Budgets 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Substitute of Committee on Institutional Affairs 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Substitute of Committee on Budgetary Control 1999/07/21 2002/01/14
Member of Committee on Budgets 1999/07/21 2002/01/14
Substitute of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy 1999/07/21 2002/01/14
Substitute of Committee on Budgetary Control 2002/01/17 2004/07/19
Member of Committee on Budgets 2002/01/17 2004/07/19
Substitute of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy 2002/01/17 2004/07/19
Member of Committee on Budgetary Control 2004/07/21 2007/01/14
Member of Committee on Budgets 2004/07/21 2007/01/14
Substitute of Committee on Foreign Affairs 2004/07/21 2007/01/14
Member of Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 2004/10/14 2005/06/08
Member of Committee on Budgetary Control 2007/01/15 2007/01/30
Member of Committee on Budgets 2007/01/15 2007/01/30
Substitute of Committee on Foreign Affairs 2007/01/15 2007/01/30
Member of Committee on Budgetary Control 2007/01/31 2009/07/13
Member of Committee on Budgets 2007/01/31 2009/07/13
Substitute of Committee on Foreign Affairs 2007/01/31 2009/07/13
Member of Committee on Budgets 2009/07/16 2012/01/18
Substitute of Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 2010/06/23 2011/06/30
Substitute of Committee on Foreign Affairs 2010/06/24 2012/01/18
Member of Committee on Budgets 2012/01/19 2014/06/30
Substitute of Committee on Foreign Affairs 2012/01/19 2014/06/30

Delegations

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RoleDelegationStartEnd
Member of Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries 1990/06/11 1992/01/14
Member of Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand 1992/01/15 1993/02/10
Substitute of Delegation for relations with Japan 1992/01/15 1993/02/10
Member of Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand 1993/02/11 1994/01/31
Substitute of Delegation for relations with Japan 1993/02/11 1994/01/31
Member of Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand 1994/02/01 1994/07/18
Substitute of Delegation for relations with Japan 1994/02/01 1994/07/18
Member of Delegation for relations with the United States 1994/11/17 1995/07/11
Member of Delegation for relations with the United States 1995/07/12 1997/01/15
Substitute of Delegation for relations with the United States 1997/01/16 1997/10/13
Substitute of Delegation for relations with the United States 1997/10/14 1999/02/23
Substitute of Delegation for relations with the United States 1999/02/24 1999/07/19
Member of Delegation for relations with the United States 1999/10/06 2002/01/14
Member of Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee 2002/02/07 2004/04/30
Member of Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand 2004/09/15 2004/09/15
Member of Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly 2004/09/15 2009/07/13
Substitute of Delegation for relations with the United States 2007/03/21 2009/07/13
Substitute of Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula 2009/09/16 2012/01/31
Substitute of Delegation for relations with the United States 2009/09/16 2014/06/30
Member of Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee 2009/09/16 2014/06/30

Rapporteur

TypeDossierCommitteeTitle
Responsible Committee 2012/2290(INI) BUDG Budgets Forward policy planning and long-term trends: budgetary implications for capacity-building
Responsible Committee Shadow 2012/2287(INI) AFET Foreign Affairs Role of the EU in promoting a broader transatlantic partnership
Responsible Committee 2007/2237(BUD) BUDG Budgets Amending budget 7/2007: increase in the forecast of revenue, VAT and GNI balances, decrease of payment appropriations in certain budget lines
Responsible Committee 2007/2178(BUD) BUDG Budgets Amending budget 6/2007: Section III, Commission, EU Solidarity Fund, accession to the World Customs Organisation, damage requests resulting from legal procedures, Civil Protection Financial Instrument and Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+)
Responsible Committee 2007/2162(BUD) BUDG Budgets Amending budget 5/2007: revision of the forecast of traditional own resources, VAT and GNI bases and the budgeting of the relevant UK corrections for 2003 and 2006
Responsible Committee 2007/2073(BUD) BUDG Budgets Amending budget 3/2007: surplus from the 2006 financial year
Responsible Committee 2007/2072(BUD) BUDG Budgets Amending budget 4/2007: financing of the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation in 2007; modifications to the budget of the Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture; modification of the establishment plans of Eurojust, the European Agency for Fundamental Rights and Frontex
Responsible Committee 2007/2069(BUD) BUDG Budgets Amending budget 2/2007: mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for the floods in Hungary and Greece in 2006 and modification of the Budget 2007 for Research
Responsible Committee 2006/2303(BUD) BUDG Budgets Amending budget 1/2007: agreement resulting from the trialogue on 28 November 2006 - Structural Funds, European Fisheries Fund, European Investment Fund and Joint Research Centre
Responsible Committee 2006/2023(BUD) BUDG Budgets 2007 budget: section III, Commission, negotiation mandate
Responsible Committee 2006/2020(BUD) BUDG Budgets 2007 budget: Commission's annual strategic priorities
Responsible Committee 2006/2018(BUD) BUDG Budgets 2007 budget: section III, Commission
Former Responsible Committee 2006/2018(BUD) BUDG Budgets 2007 budget: section III, Commission
Responsible Committee 2001/2139(COS) AFET Foreign Affairs EU/USA relations: reinforcing the transatlantic cooperation, strategy and results
Responsible Committee 1997/2075(DEC) CONT Budgetary Control 1996 discharge: EC general budget
Former Responsible Committee 1997/2075(DEC) CONT Budgetary Control 1996 discharge: EC general budget
Former Responsible Committee 1997/2075(DEC) CONT Budgetary Control 1996 discharge: EC general budget
Former Committee Opinion 1996/2180(BUD) CONT Budgetary Control 1997 budget: section III
Responsible Committee 1996/2111(BUD) BUDG Budgets Supplementary and amending budget 1/1996
Responsible Committee 1995/2234(BUD) BUDG Budgets 1996 budget: section III
Former Responsible Committee 1995/2234(BUD) BUDG Budgets 1996 budget: section III
Former Responsible Committee 1995/2234(BUD) BUDG Budgets 1996 budget: section III
Responsible Committee 1995/2034(ACI) BUDG Budgets Financial perspective: adjustment, adaptation

Activities

Stats

Amendment Co-authors
Name Group Country Ams
Roberts ZĪLE icon: ECR ECR icon: Latvia Latvia 1
László SURJÁN icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE icon: Hungary Hungary 1
Salvador GARRIGA POLLEDO icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE icon: Spain Spain 1

By types

Amendments (57)
Plenary speeches (108)
Reports (15)
Shadow reports (1)

By dossiers

CountDossier ReferenceTitle
212011/2042(BUD)2012 budget: general guidelines for the preparation
162011/2019(BUD)2012 budget: mandate for the trilogue
92008/2199(INI)State of transatlantic relations in the aftermath of the US elections
62013/0255(APP)European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
42011/2017(BUD)2012 budget: priorities - other sections
31997/2075(DEC)1996 discharge: EC general budget
22011/0302(COD)Connecting Europe Facility 2014-2020
22006/2018B(BUD)2007 budget: other sections
22006/2020(BUD)2007 budget: Commission's annual strategic priorities
22012/2290(INI)Forward policy planning and long-term trends: budgetary implications for capacity-building
22006/2018(BUD)2007 budget: section III, Commission
12011/0177(APP)Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020
12011/2020(BUD)2012 budget: all sections
12008/2026(BUD)2009 budget: Section III, Commission
12009/2004(BUD)2010 budget: other sections: guidelines
12008/2530(RSP)Resolution on the forthcoming EU-US Summit (Ljubljana, 9-10 June 2008)
12007/2149(INI)Role of volunteering in contributing to economic and social cohesion
12007/2019B(BUD)2008 budget: other sections
12007/2605(RSP)Resolution on natural disasters
12005/2242(INI)Kashmir: present situation and future prospects
12006/2071(DEC)2005 discharge: EC general budget, European Parliament
12005/0245(COD)Payment services in the internal market
12006/2265(BUD)Amending budget 6/2006: revision of the forecasts for traditional own resources and of VAT and GNI balances, decrease of appropriations for the EAGGF and the Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund
12006/0009(CNS)Community Civil Protection Mechanism. Recast
12005/2241(INI)Stronger partnership between the European Union and Latin America
12011/2870(RSP)Resolution on the EU-US Summit of 28 November 2011
12011/2126(BUD)Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument: European neighbourhood policy
12010/2248(INI)EIB annual report for 2009
12010/2996(RSP)Resolution on Turkey's 2010 progress report
12010/2095(INI)Industrial policy for the globalised era
12010/2048(BUD)Amending budget ex-3/2010: Banana Accompanying Measures (BAM) for ACP countries
12009/2731(RSP)Transatlantic judicial and police cooperation
12009/2002B(BUD)2010 budget: other sections
12001/2139(COS)EU/USA relations: reinforcing the transatlantic cooperation, strategy and results
12007/2237(BUD)Amending budget 7/2007: increase in the forecast of revenue, VAT and GNI balances, decrease of payment appropriations in certain budget lines
12007/2178(BUD)Amending budget 6/2007: Section III, Commission, EU Solidarity Fund, accession to the World Customs Organisation, damage requests resulting from legal procedures, Civil Protection Financial Instrument and Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+)
12007/2162(BUD)Amending budget 5/2007: revision of the forecast of traditional own resources, VAT and GNI bases and the budgeting of the relevant UK corrections for 2003 and 2006
12007/2072(BUD)Amending budget 4/2007: financing of the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation in 2007; modifications to the budget of the Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture; modification of the establishment plans of Eurojust, the European Agency for Fundamental Rights and Frontex
12007/2073(BUD)Amending budget 3/2007: surplus from the 2006 financial year
12007/2069(BUD)Amending budget 2/2007: mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for the floods in Hungary and Greece in 2006 and modification of the Budget 2007 for Research
12006/2303(BUD)Amending budget 1/2007: agreement resulting from the trialogue on 28 November 2006 - Structural Funds, European Fisheries Fund, European Investment Fund and Joint Research Centre
12012/2287(INI)Role of the EU in promoting a broader transatlantic partnership

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Born

1949/09/03 - London

History

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    University of Edinburgh (1968-1972).
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    A graduate of Edinburgh University. Worked in the Directorate-General for External Relations at the European Commission (1976-1980); assistant to the Deputy Director-General for Agriculture in charge of agricultural markets (1980-1983).
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    In the European Parliament: rapporteur on the European Union Budget (1996; 2007); founder and Chairman of the European Parliament's All-Party Group on Kashmir (2000). In the EPP-ED Group: Vice-Chairman (1999-2004); budget spokesman for the Group (1994-1999).
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    A founder of the European Union Baroque Orchestra (1986). Founder and Chairman, Transatlantic Policy Network (1992-1999; 2009- ). Co-founder and Vice-Chairman, European Internet Foundation (2000). Founder and former Chairman, European Ideas Network (2002).
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    • University of Edinburgh (1968-1972).
    • A graduate of Edinburgh University. Worked in the Directorate-General for External Relations at the European Commission (1976-1980); assistant to the Deputy Director-General for Agriculture in charge of agricultural markets (1980-1983).
    • In the European Parliament: rapporteur on the European Union Budget (1996; 2007); founder and Chairman of the European Parliament's All-Party Group on Kashmir (2000). In the EPP-ED Group: Vice-Chairman (1999-2004); budget spokesman for the Group (1994-1999).
    • A founder of the European Union Baroque Orchestra (1986). Founder and Chairman, Transatlantic Policy Network (1992-1999; 2009- ). Co-founder and Vice-Chairman, European Internet Foundation (2000). Founder and former Chairman, European Ideas Network (2002).