Every year since he has been MP for Colchester , Bob Russell has had the best voting attendance record of any opposition MP in the country. Each year he scores around 90% - some 30% higher than that of Tory MPs in Essex.

First elected as MP for Colchester in May 1997. Re-elected in June 2001 � majority more than trebled to 5,553 with the Conservatives (2nd) and Labour (3rd) both losing ground.