A selection of Mr Colin Pickthall's votes

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• Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 5 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 1999–2003
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 11 votes for, 0 votes against, between 1997–2004

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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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Profile

Former Labour MP for West Lancashire

Entered the House of Commons on 9 April 1992 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Other offices held in the past

• PPS (Rt Hon Jack Straw, Secretary of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (13 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Kenneth Hind

Future MPs in this constituency

• Rosie Cooper

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Education Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Hunting Bill Committee (25 out of 31)
• Hunting Bill Committee (15 out of 16)
• Private Security Industry Bill Committee (4 out of 7)

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)