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Karen Buck

Labour MP for Regent's Park & Kensington North

• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
• Majority: 6,131 votes. — 380th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Karen Buck voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against 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 against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. 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.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Chairman, London Regional Select Committee (since 16 Dec 2009)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Work and Pensions, Communities and Local Government, Education and Skills, Children, Schools and Families, Home Department

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

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Law Commission Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Child Poverty Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Climate Change Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Greater London Authority Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Housing Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
• Tax Credits Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Homelessness Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Tax Credits Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Homes Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Local Government Finance (3 Feb 2010) has video

“Does the hon. Lady share my concern that while she is focusing on council tax-I agree that nobody wants to pay more tax than they have to-there is a risk that we are missing the impact of charges? My local authority, Westminster, is in the process of raising an additional £7 million from parking charges alone, and it is putting up meals on wheels charges by 10 per cent. and introducing a...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Local Government Finance (3 Feb 2010) has video

“Will my right hon. Friend join me in encouraging the hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Mr. Field) to join the London Regional Select Committee, because we are engaging in an in-depth study on the census, working with various Departments, and we are missing representation from the Opposition Benches?”

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Police Grant Report (3 Feb 2010) has video

“Does my right hon. Friend also recall the pledges made about the young Londoners fund, the youth charity and the colleges and training for young people that were supposed to be set up as part of the drive to tackle gang violence and youth crime? Can he shed any light on what has happened to any of those commitments over the past two years?”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 119 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (1 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 77% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 18 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 118 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Karen Buck speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 296 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,077 (430th).

³ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £948 (464th).

¹ Rail £171 (529th). Other £783 (36th).