A selection of Colin Challen's votes

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• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 8 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2004
• Voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2008
• Consistently voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2004–2010
• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 22 votes for, 0 votes against, 20 absences, between 2006–2009
• Generally voted against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 7 votes for, 4 votes against, between 2003–2007
• Consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2003–2007

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Justice: Wills 30 Mar 2010

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to increase the number of people who make wills.

• Public Bodies (Procurement of Seafood): New Clause 8 — Reports on decarbonisation and CCS progress 24 Feb 2010

  There is a great deal of truth in what the hon. Gentleman says. However, even with the small, state-of-the-art pilot project in Germany, people have to be convinced about having the carbon under their land. It is not always out in the North sea, which sounds very nice and offshore, as if it will never come back and bite us. In storing something like that underground, one has to find the legal...

• Public Bodies (Procurement of Seafood): New Clause 8 — Reports on decarbonisation and CCS progress 24 Feb 2010

  I entirely accept the urgency of this. I want an EPS to be in place at some point in the not too distant future. New clause 8 would allow for that and, as the Minister has said, existing legislation permits it. We will have this standard when we better understand the technology, legalities, disposal, transport and all the rest of it, and I do not think that that can be established in 12 months.

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Morley and Rothwell

Entered the House of Commons on 7 June 2001 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Trade and Industry
• Defence
• Business
• Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
• Transport
• Departmental Staff (Home Working)
• Iraq
• Departmental Telephone Services
• Climate Change
• USA: Military Bases

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee (20 Jan 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) (15 Nov 2005 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Unopposed Bills (Panel) Committee (1 Nov 2005 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Unopposed Bills (Panel) Committee (11 Jun 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Gunnell

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Planning and Energy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Energy Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
• Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Police Reform Bill Committee (11 out of 12)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Colin Challen’s speeches
• Has received answers to 21 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 72.28% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 28 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 128 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)