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Stephen Pound
Labour MP for Ealing North
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Stephen Pound voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Forensic Science Service, Prison Service, HMS Caroline, Deportation: Convictions, Ict
(based on written questions asked by Stephen Pound and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- PREVENTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FRAUD BILL Committee (1 out of 1)
- Daylight Saving Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Law Commission Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (21 out of 24)
- Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Greater London Authority Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
- Inquiries Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Gender Recognition Bill Committee (2 out of 6)
- Finance Bill Committee (15 out of 21)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (17 out of 23)
Most recent appearances
- Jobs and Business (10 May 2013)
“Every word I hear from my hon. Friend makes me all the more furious that her excellent Bill was talked out. Is she aware, as many of us are in the House, that Sir Alex Ferguson’s last match in charge of a certain team from up north is already attracting ticket prices of £3,000? Surely, under those circumstances, action must be taken.”
- Jobs and Business (10 May 2013)
“If I may interrupt my hon. Friend’s unwrapping for a moment, he is probably the best qualified of all Members to link the armed forces and the problem of asbestos. I urge him to look at those men—they are mostly men—who served in the Royal Navy in the ’50s and ’60s and often had to use flash hood protectors, which were imbued with asbestos. Looking at that issue...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Skills Training UK (25 Apr 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of participants in programmes operated by Skills Training UK were in full-time employment six months after completion of their course in 2012-13.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 9 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 74.23% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 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") 292 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 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 | £0 | £0 | £221 (590th) | £277 | £1,129 (607th) | £481 (609th) | £14,740 (528th) | £10,685 (551st) |
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £127 (125th) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £7,338 (619th) | £10,565 (579th) | £8,923 (627th) | £9,083 | £7,250 (636th) | £18,573 (391st) | £13,022 (583rd) | £5,871 (612th) |
| Staffing costs | £111,938 (5th) | £101,057 (11th) | £98,793 (5th) | £94,998 | £89,592 (6th) | £74,910 (45th) | £72,233 (33rd) | £64,166 (5th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,634 (377th) | £9,854 (176th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,813 (512th)1 | £7,113 (344th)2 | £5,604 (430th)3 | £4,431 | £6,108 (494th) | £7,272 (427th) | £5,548 (502nd) | £4,952 (472nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,770 (199th) | £1,157 (176th) | £1,160 (233rd) | £1,082 | £1,183 (240th) | £1,447 (joint 135th with 1 other) | £1,237 (joint 234th with 1 other) | £1,108 (294th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,685 (joint 270th with 1 other) | £3,245 (256th) | £3,099 | £3,230 (241st) | £3,559 (197th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,108 (joint 483rd with 1 other) | £1,006 (joint 416th with 5 others) | £1,022 | £1,904 (294th) | £1,904 (290th) | £1,874 (joint 350th with 2 others) | £1,874 (joint 330th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £1,599 (66th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,455 (33rd) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £138,409 (474th) | £137,950 (435th) | £118,952 (561st) | £113,992 | £110,396 (542nd) | £111,601 (492nd) | £108,781 (419th) | £89,883 (295th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,676 (209th). Misc £137 (150th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,251 (184th). Misc £324 (92nd). Other: European £2,538 (7th).
3 Car £4,718 (167th). Air £754 (127th). European £132 (123rd).