Stephen Pound
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Stephen Pound MP |
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| Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland | |
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Assumed office 20 November 2010 |
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| Leader |
Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Eric Joyce |
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Member of Parliament for Ealing North |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Harry Greenway |
| Majority | 9,301 (19.5%) |
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3 July 1948 Hammersmith, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Maggie Pound |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | http://www.stevepound.org.uk/ |
Stephen Pelham Pound (born 3 July 1948) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing North since 1997.
His father, Pelham Pound, was a journalist and literary agent whose clients included the osteopath Stephen Ward. When Ward was arrested for his role in the Profumo affair it was at Pound's home and Pound claims he had a minor role in the events leading to Ward's suicide.
Pound went to Hertford Grammar School (now called Richard Hale School) on Hale Road in Hertford. He was educated, as a mature student from 1979–84, at the London School of Economics where he gained a Diploma in Industrial Relations and a BSc in Economics. He was General Secretary of the student union from 1981–2.
He was a boxer in the Merchant Navy, when at sea from 1964–66, leading Private Eye magazine to refer to him as "Ealing North's tattooed bruiser". He also played football for Hanwell Town. He also worked as a bus conductor for London Transport, from 1966–68. He was a hospital porter from 1969–79. Prior to becoming an MP he worked for Paddington Churches Housing Association as a housing manager from 1984 until he became an MP. He was based at their office in Willesden.
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