CHALLEN, Colin

Member for Morley and Rothwell since 2001. Committees: Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group since 2005; Member, Environmental Audit Select Committee; Chair, Performance Review Committee 1992-94. Political Career: Agent, Leeds North East Parliamentary Election 1997; Secretary, Labour Group 1991-94; Member, Hull City Council 1992-94; Hull City Council 1986-94; Parliamentary Candidate for Beverley 1992; Agent, European Elections (Humberside Constituency) since 1989; Chair, North Hull Constituency Labour Party 1986-87. Special political interests: Environment, trade policy, economy, pensions, animal welfare. Profession/Trade: Self-employed writer and researcher since 2000; Royal Air Force 1971-74. Education: Norton Secondary Modern; Malton Grammar School; Open University; University of Hull, BA (Hons) 2:2 Philosophy. Affiliations: Member, League Against Cruel Sports since 1976; Member, SERA (Socialist Environment Resources Association). Author of: (booklets) Save as You Travel: New Directions in Mutual Ownership (1999); In Defence of the Party: The Secret State, the Conservatives and Dirty Tricks (1996); The Quarrelsome Quill: Hull-s Radical Press from 1832 (co-author Mike Hughes) (1984); (book) The Price of Power: The Secret Funding of the Conservative Party (1998). b. 12 June 1953, Scarborough.