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Mr Chris Pond
Former Labour MP for Gravesham
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Left Parliament on 11 April 2005 — General election (stood again)
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mr Chris Pond voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Carbon Monoxide (7 Apr 2005)
“I have been asked to reply. We have no proposals for introducing a statutory levy. The Health and Safety Executive is working with the major gas supply companies on voluntary funding for a gas safety publicity strategy that includes the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning. Agreement has been reached with the Energy Retail Association (representing the six largest suppliers) and the first...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Benefit Payment Methods (7 Apr 2005)
“Direct payment into an account is now the normal way that we pay benefits and pensions, over 96 per cent. of customer accounts are now paid this way. Direct payment increases choice, reduces fraud and assures a safe, convenient, more modern and efficient way of paying benefits. It increases financial inclusion, and allows people to make savings on many of their bills by paying by direct...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Benefits (7 Apr 2005)
“Cheque payments are designed for the small number of people who we cannot pay directly into an account. We settled on this solution following extensive consultation with customer representative groups. The cheque provides the facility for a third party (including a carer) to cash cheques under £450 on the customer's behalf at a Post Office and this facility has worked successfully for...”
More of Mr Chris Pond's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2005: Too little data for valid analysis.
- Has voted in 75.28% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- 2 people are tracking this MP.
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).
| Type | 2008/09 | 2007/08 | 2006/07 | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £560 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £16,300 (joint 136th with 1 other) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,255 (joint 107th with 10 others) | £0 | £0 | |||
| Office running costs | £846 | £10,496 (597th) | £18,687 (354th) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £8,655 (554th) | |||
| Staffing costs | £7,896 | £78,575 (55th) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £69,210 (106th) | £61,142 (14th) | |||
| Communications Allowance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £230 | £10,526 (321st) | £7,706 (409th) | £9,559 (341st) | £8,623 (293rd) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £117 (415th) | £16 (joint 476th with 1 other) | £0 | £40 (joint 442nd with 2 others) | |||
| Members' Spouse Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £0 | £631 (438th) | £1,650 (105th) | £1,370 (194th) | £794 (411th) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | N/A | N/A | £0 | £1,425 (joint 504th with 2 others) | £7,299 (51st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £0 | £1,923 (joint 261st with 1 other) | £1,923 (joint 256th with 2 others) | £1,923 (joint 250th with 2 others) | £1,923 (joint 237th with 2 others) | |||
| Other Costs | £34,690 | £4,942 (39th) | £0 | £334 (79th) | £0 | |||
| Total | £44,222 | £131,155 (170th) | £130,642 (106th) | £120,352 (162nd) | £97,477 (124th) |