Colin Challen
| Colin Challen | |
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| Member of Parliament for Morley and Rothwell |
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In office 8 June 2001 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | John Gunnell |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
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12 June 1953 Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Hull |
Colin Robert Challen (born 12 June 1953) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Morley and Rothwell from 2001 until the constituency's abolition at the 2010 election.
Challen was born in Scarborough, and educated at the Norton Secondary School in Norton-on-Derwent and the Malton Grammar School, before completing a philosophy degree at the University of Hull in 1983. In 1971, he was a supplier accountant for the Royal Air Force before becoming a postman in 1974. He set up business as a printer and publisher in 1982 until 1994 when he took up politics professionally as an organiser for the Labour Party. He was elected a councillor to Kingston upon Hull City Council for eight years from 1986.
Challen unsuccessfully stood for parliament at the 1992 general election in the constituency of Beverley. He finished in third place and more than 22,000 votes behind the winner James Cran. He entered parliament at the 2001 general election for Morley and Rothwell following the retirement through ill health of Labour MP John Gunnell. Colin Challen was elected with a majority of 12,090 and made his maiden speech on 25 June 2001,[1] in which he spoke of Herbert Henry Asquith who was born in Morley.
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