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Stephen Pound

Labour MP for Ealing North

• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
• Majority: 7,059 votes. — 374th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Stephen Pound voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (since 27 Nov 2007)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Environment Food and Rural Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Forensic Science Service, Prison Service, Deportation: Convictions, Tenancy Money, Nimsa

(based on written questions asked by Stephen Pound and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (21 out of n/a)
• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Greater London Authority Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Police and Justice Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Inquiries Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Gender Recognition Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Opposition Day: [Un-alloted half-day] — Dissolution of Parliament (10 Jun 2009)

“I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way and also for clarifying the point that confused us about primary 8. Many of us rather suspected that he had been held back for a year. On the point about statistical evidence and listening on the doorstep, the hon. Gentleman's logic is that people should vote for people as long as they are not MPs, but, if two thirds of the country want to...”

Opposition Day: [Un-alloted half-day] — Dissolution of Parliament (10 Jun 2009)

“The hon. Gentleman is well liked in the House, and he is showing his customary charm, but may I say to him, first, that the United States and India have fixed-term Parliaments, so there is not a direct read-across? Secondly, at the risk of sounding like an over-anxious primary age child, I say to him that when the expression "mother of Parliaments" was first used in this very Chamber by John...”

Olympics: Construction Programme (8 Jun 2009) has video

“What recent progress has been made on the construction programme for the London 2012 Olympics.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 78% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 222 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,251 (184th). Misc £324 (92nd). Other: European £2,538 (7th).

^** Car £4,718 (167th). Air £754 (127th). European £132 (123rd).