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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.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Stephen Pound voted on key issues since 2001:

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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

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

RSS feed 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.
  • 94 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Stephen Pound speaks.
  • 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

6. Overseas visits
10-17 February 2008, India, to Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi, to meet State and National Ministers, industrialists, academics, representatives of business organisations and a visit to a DfID funded project. All transport, accommodation and meals provided by the Government of India. (Registered 11 July 2008)
9-13 January 2009, to Gujarat, India, with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on UK-India Trade and Investment to attend Investment Summit in Gujarat and study opportunities for increasing trade and investment between Gujarat and the UK. The costs of the trip were paid by the Confederation of Indian Industry. (Registered 11 February 2009)
13-20 February 2009, to Northern Iraq, to visit and take evidence from Christian communities. Travel, hospitality and accommodation provided by the Assyrian Democratic Movement. (Registered 27 February 2009)

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.

Type2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
Additional Costs Allowance£0 £221 (590th) £277 £1,129 (607th) £481 (609th) £14,740 (528th) £10,685 (551st)
London Supplement£2,812 (joint 1st) £0 £0 £0 £0 £127 (125th) £1,227 (joint 1st)
Incidental Expenses Provision£10,565 (579th) £8,923 (627th) £9,083 £7,250 (636th) £18,573 (391st) £13,022 (583rd) £5,871 (612th)
Staffing Allowance£101,057 (11th) £98,793 (5th) £94,998 £89,592 (6th) £74,910 (45th) £72,233 (33rd) £64,166 (5th)
Communications Allowance£9,854 (176th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£7,113 (344th)* £5,604 (430th)** £4,431 £6,108 (494th) £7,272 (427th) £5,548 (502nd) £4,952 (472nd)
Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Members' Spouse Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£1,157 (176th) £1,160 (233rd) £1,082 £1,183 (240th) £1,447 (joint 135th) £1,237 (joint 234th) £1,108 (294th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£2,685 (joint 270th) £3,245 (256th) £3,099 £3,230 (241st) £3,559 (197th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,108 (joint 483rd) £1,006 (joint 416th) £1,022 £1,904 (294th) £1,904 (290th) £1,874 (joint 350th) £1,874 (joint 330th)
Other Costs£1,599 (66th) £0 £0 £0 £3,455 (33rd) £0 £0
Total£137,950 (435th) £118,952 (561st) £113,992 £110,396 (542nd) £111,601 (492nd) £108,781 (419th) £89,883 (295th)

* 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).