• Labour MP for Regent's Park & Kensington North
• Majority: 6,131 votes. — 373rd out of 635 MPs.
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• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edm.ais.co.uk)

How Karen Buck voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Home Affairs Committee (since 18 Jul 2006)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Education and Skills, Work and Pensions, Communities and Local Government, Deputy Prime Minister, Transport, Local Government and the Regions

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Child Care, Housing, Asylum Seekers, Housing Benefit, Local Government Finance

(based on written questions asked by Karen Buck and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Health: Health Inequalities (6 May 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress his Department has made in tackling health inequalities.”

Deferred Division: Crime (London) (23 Apr 2008)

“Three children have died as a result of knife crime in my constituency in a little over a year—Kodjo Yenga, Jevon Henry and Amro Elbadawi. I have sat with the parents of the two children who were my constituents, as has Ken Livingstone, who made a private visit, not making political capital, unaccompanied by the media and cameras. I have listened to their grief and to what they had to...”

Deferred Division: Crime (London) (23 Apr 2008)

“I will not, because I want to finish my contribution to allow others to participate. It is no good having youth services, if we do not have skilled outreach workers on the streets. We must ensure that we have not only warm words, but money to increase access to sport, rather than introducing charges that deter people from taking part. I urge the Minister to laugh in the face of the dismissal...”

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• Has spoken in 26 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 103 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 79% of votes in parliament — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 8 comments on this MP's speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 112 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Karen Buck speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 204 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 23 Apr 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Rail £171 (529th). Other £783 (36th).