High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tobias Martin Ellwood (born 12 August 1966) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Bournemouth East.Ellwood was born in New York City and educated at schools in Bonn and Vienna. He went to Loughborough University from 1986-90, where he received a BA (Hons) degree, and the Cass Business School at City University from 1997-8, where he was awarded an MBA. On leaving education he joined the British Army and the Royal Green Jackets in 1991. He left the army with the rank of Captain in 1996. After resigning his commission he became a researcher to the Conservative MP Tom King. He was elected as the chairman of the Hertfordshire South West Conservative Association for a year in 1998, and has been a senior business manager with the London Stock Exchange since 1999.