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Colin Challen
Labour MP for Morley & Rothwell
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Majority: 12,343 votes. — 131st out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Colin Challen voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee (since 20 Jan 2009)
- Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) (since 15 Nov 2005)
- Member, Unopposed Bills (Panel) Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)
- Member, Environmental Audit Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Trade and Industry, Defence, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Staff (Home Working), Iraq, Departmental Telephone Services, Climate Change, USA: Military Bases
(based on written questions asked by Colin Challen and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Planning and Energy Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Energy Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- Police Reform Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Identification (2 Jul 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints have been made against police officers in each police force for not displaying their shoulder number in the last five years.”
- Bill Presented — Sustainable Energy (Local Plans) Bill: National Express East Coast Franchise (1 Jul 2009) has video
“This time around, the public ownership option will not be brushed aside. In the period of calm reflection that we will now have, will the Minister undertake an urgent review of all the other franchises? He has said that none of them is about to default, but can we have a review so that we can understand how healthy they are?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (1 Jul 2009) has video
“Does the second franchise fiasco on the east coast main line in two years not tell us that the Tory rail privatisation experiment has finally hit the buffers? Now that we are taking the east coast main line back into public ownership, can we keep it that way?”
More of Colin Challen's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 65 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 4 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 73% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 111 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £11,412 (542nd) | £12,694 (531st) | £16,521 | £13,190 (521st) | £15,691 (450th) | £16,689 (479th) | £17,449 (76th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £12,843 (520th) | £16,793 (517th) | £18,137 | £18,766 (277th) | £18,613 (381st) | £18,110 (331st) | £21,987 (117th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £97,437 (40th) | £90,465 (65th) | £83,383 | £66,976 (475th) | £64,270 (492nd) | £60,681 (508th) | £43,065 (438th) |
| Communications Allowance | £2,189 (554th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £13,938 (105th)* | £12,691 (118th)** | £11,316 | £10,638 (316th) | £10,353 (316th) | £11,389 (271st) | £7,940 (321st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £3,186 (9th) | £2,097 (38th) | £2,573 | £3,692 (13th) | £1,530 (96th) | £1,911 (53rd) | £2,192 (29th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,020 (215th) | £979 (joint 287th) | £1,548 | £1,180 (241st) | £690 (411th) | £1,724 (122nd) | £1,721 (115th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,063 (228th) | £1,585 (482nd) | £5,182 | £4,913 (143rd) | £1,457 (500th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,275 (joint 220th) | £1,275 (54th) | £0 | £1,831 (joint 424th) | £1,831 (joint 417th) | £1,831 (402nd) | £1,831 (367th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £146,363 (331st) | £138,579 (310th) | £138,660 | £121,186 (375th) | £114,435 (433rd) | £112,335 (342nd) | £96,185 (141st) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,030 (517th). Rail £10,775 (30th). Misc £846 (41st). Other: Rail £173 (89th). European £1,114 (50th).
** Car £752 (554th). Rail £11,597 (16th). Other £15 (68th). European £327 (110th).