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Mr Colin Pickthall
Former Labour MP for West Lancashire

• Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
• Left Parliament on 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election

• Voting record
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Mr Colin Pickthall voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
• Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
• Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
• Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
• Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted very strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes

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• Occasionally rebels against their party in their last parliament.

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Sure Start (5 Apr 2005)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to ensure that the involvement of parents in children's centres builds on the experience of parents' involvement in Sure Start.”

Public Bill Committee: Education Bill [Lords]: New Clause 15 - Reducing administrative burdens on schools, etc. (22 Mar 2005)

“Does the hon. Lady suspect that, if the new clause were included in the Bill and the Act, as it will eventually become, when the Secretary of State   comes each year to lay before Parliament his or her report, he or she will send a circular to all schools and ask them to report in detail on the administrative burdens that they face and how they would like to see them reduced?”

Public Bill Committee: Education Bill [Lords]: New Clause 12 - Abolition of Independent Appeals Panels (22 Mar 2005)

“I want to add to what the hon. Member for Southport, my next-door neighbour, has said. The appeals panels make some potty decisions from time to time, and that is almost inevitable, but their one advantage is that they can see across an area the different thresholds for exclusion that schools have. I have seven large secondary schools in my constituency. They are all very good and I have no...”

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Numerology

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• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 91.41% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
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Expenses

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