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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. — 378th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

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 moderately for 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

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

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Work and Pensions, Communities and Local Government, Education and Skills, Home Department, Deputy Prime Minister

• 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)

• Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Climate Change Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Greater London Authority Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Housing Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 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)
• Tax Credits Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Homes Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Topical Questions (30 Jun 2009) has video

“Neither the Palestinian people nor the middle east peace process are well served by divisions among the Palestinian voices. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the failure to respond to the humanitarian crisis and the desperate need for reconstruction in Gaza are doing exactly what is not in the interests of the Israeli Government either—fuelling militancy and creating disunity among...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Building Britain's Future (29 Jun 2009) has video

“Whatever the mythology about queue-jumping, is not the reason we have homelessness, housing waiting lists and overcrowding a long-term failure to build enough affordable homes? While I warmly welcome the additional money, does my right hon. Friend agree that a problem has been caused by the fact that Conservative and other councils throughout Britain have been blocking much-needed new housing...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 111 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 77% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 16 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.
• 116 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Karen Buck speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 285 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

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

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