Everything about Stephen Pound totally explained
Stephen Pelham Pound (born
3 July 1948), commonly known as
Steve Pound, is a
British Labour party politician who has served as the MP for
Ealing North, in
London, since 1997. He also appears on various television and radio programmes.
Background
He was educated, as a mature student, at the
London School of Economics.
Political Career
He is the
Labour member of Parliament for the
Ealing North constituency, which he's represented since
1997. He served as the
Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to
Hazel Blears until he resigned in protest at the
decision to replace Trident on
March 14,
2007. He supported
Hazel Blears in the
Labour deputy leadership contest.
Currently he serves as the PPS to the
Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform
Stephen Timms.
Voting record
How Stephen Pound voted on key issues since 2001
(
They Work For You
):
- Voted against a transparent Parliament.
- Voted against introducing a smoking ban.
- Voted for introducing ID cards.
- Voted for introducing foundation hospitals.
- Voted for introducing student top-up fees.
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws.
- Voted for the Iraq war.
- Voted against investigating the Iraq war.
- Voted against replacing Trident.
- Voted for the hunting ban.
- Voted for equal gay rights.
Media Involvement
In 2003
BBC’s
Today Programme asked its listeners to suggest a law that they'd like to see put onto the statute books. The
BBC received 10,000 nominations and five were short-listed, from which listeners then voted to select their preferred choice. Stephen Pound agreed to sponsor in parliament whichever idea eventually won the final vote.
On 1 January 2004 it was announced on air that first place with 37% of the vote had gone to the proposal to authorise homeowners to use any means to defend their home from intruders. (The controversial farmer
Tony Martin was still very much in the news.) Stephen Pound’s on-air reaction to the result was that, "The people have spoken - the bastards".
In May 2005, Pound appeared on British TV quiz show
Have I Got News For You and in December of that year in a special edition of
University Challenge.
Further Information
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