Stephen Pelham Pound was born on 3 July 1948 and is a British former Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Ealing North from 1997 to 2019.
14 Facts About Stephen Pound
2.
Stephen Pound's father, Pelham Pendennis Pound was a BBC sub-editor and former journalist and literary agent whose clients included the osteopath Stephen Ward.
3.
Stephen Pound served as a councillor in Ealing from 1982 to 1998.
4.
Stephen Pound was the MP for Ealing North from 1997 to 2019.
5.
Stephen Pound served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Hazel Blears until he resigned in protest at the decision to replace Trident on 14 March 2007.
6.
Stephen Pound supported Blears in the 2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election.
7.
Stephen Pound had served on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee between 1997 and 2010.
8.
Stephen Pound supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.
9.
In 2019, Stephen Pound announced that he would not seek re-election at the next general election.
10.
Stephen Pound explained this by saying he made the trip "two or three times a day".
11.
Stephen Pound later said he had abandoned his ageing car altogether in favour of public transport.
12.
Stephen Pound agreed to sponsor in Parliament whichever idea eventually won the final vote.
13.
In May 2005, Stephen 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.
14.
Stephen Pound is a Fulham FC fan, and the Patron of Hanwell Town FC.