• Labour MP for Morley & Rothwell
• Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
• Majority: 12,343 votes. — 131st out of 630 MPs.
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How Colin Challen voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted 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 moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• 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, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Transport, Education and Skills

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Staff (Home Working), Iraq, Departmental Telephone Services, Climate Change, Pensions

(based on written questions asked by Colin Challen and answered by departments)

Climate Change Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2): Clause 25 — UK Domestic Effort (18 Nov 2008)

“I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman's remarks should be addressed in some way—perhaps they are—to the Climate Change Committee, which will be protective of its independence. If it is to do its job seriously, he should not worry too much. Perhaps we will know the answer to the questions posed on 1 December. I ask him whether this debate is the right place to over-egg the pudding,...”

Climate Change Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2): Clause 25 — UK Domestic Effort (18 Nov 2008)

“Does my hon. Friend agree that our concern is perhaps not so much with the level of the cap—I would prefer a high one—but about the quality of the credits that can be bought? There has been great debate about the quality of the clean development mechanism—CDM—credits that have been traded so far. Although I am very much in favour of a higher cap, I think that it is the...”

Orders of the Day: Clause 20 — Terms and conditions (18 Nov 2008)

“I should like to add my tributes to those that have already been made. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham, South (Alan Simpson)—my good friend, whose roof turbines will no doubt be spinning tonight—and to the Secretary of State, who has shown a real willingness to engage in the argument and see off some of the lobbying from vested interests. As my hon....”

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• Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 82 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 3 select committees.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 78% of votes in parliament — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 3 comments 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.
• 57 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Colin Challen speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 109 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £752 (554th). Rail £11,597 (16th). Other £15 (68th). European £327 (110th).