• Labour MP for Regent's Park & Kensington North
• Majority: 6,131 votes. — 370th out of 631 MPs.
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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 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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• 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: Work and Pensions, Education and Skills, Communities and Local Government, Deputy Prime Minister, 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)

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Poverty (22 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of children were living in working households earning less than 60 per cent. of median income (a) before and (b) after housing costs in each English region in each year since 1990.”

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Extended Schools (22 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of (a) secondary school children, (b) primary school children and (c) all children have access to the full extended school core offer in each local education authority.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Welfare Reform (21 Jul 2008)

“As a general principle, it is hard to overstate the importance of fathers' involvement in the lives of their children, but people have messy and complicated lives. It would not be unfair to say that the history of Parliament reminds us that not just people on benefits have messy and complicated lives. I welcome the announcement that people on benefits will have maintenance payments...”

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• Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 135 written questions in the last year — well 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 9 comments 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.
• 107 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Karen Buck speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 208 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 22 Jul 2008. More about the Register

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

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