Background
PICKTHALL, Colin was born in 1944 in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumberland. Parents: Frank Pickthall and Edith Pickthall.
PICKTHALL, Colin was born in 1944 in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumberland. Parents: Frank Pickthall and Edith Pickthall.
University of Wales, Bachelor of Arts. University of Lancaster, Master of Arts. Spoken languages: French.
Member. Labour Party, since 1963. Member, Fabian Society. Director, Lancashire County Council, since 1989.
Member of Parliament, Lancashire West, since 1992. Principal lecturer in higher education.
Member, NATFHE; clubs: member, the National Trust. Member, the Joseph Conrad Society. Member, OPTA; member, Merseyside Left Theatre Trust.
Member, Greenpeace; member, Anti-Apartheid Movement, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Spouse Judith Ann Pickthall (née Tranter), 1973.