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Karen Buck
Labour MP for Westminster North
- Also represented Regent's Park and Kensington North
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Karen Buck voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Communities and Local Government, Education and Skills, Treasury, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Housing Benefit, Social Rented Housing, Social Security Benefits, Housing, Homelessness
(based on written questions asked by Karen Buck and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (26 out of 26)
- Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants Etc.) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Child Poverty Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Law Commission Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Climate Change Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
- Greater London Authority Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Housing Bill Committee (14 out of 19)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Homelessness Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Tax Credits Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
- Tax Credits Committee (2 out of 2)
- Homes Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Homelessness (6 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many local authorities have assumed homelessness duties to households exclusively on the grounds that the children were sharing a bedroom in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement; (2) whether he has issued guidance to local authorities on whether a duty is owed to...”
- Written Answers — Transport: Crossrail Line (6 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information her Department holds on whether Crossrail has carried out an assessment of the scope for using alternatives to road haulage for the disposal of earth following tunnel excavation.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit (6 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what has been the (a) actual and (b) percentage change in the number of households in receipt of local housing allowance (i) in total and (ii) from claimants in work in each local authority area since April 2011.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 228 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 67.68% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 365 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,613 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £22,131 (116th) | £18,720 (307th) | £20,448 (288th) | £19,909 | £17,510 (383rd) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,226 (joint 218th with 4 others) | £16,217 (297th) |
| Staffing costs | £98,509 (217th) | £92,761 (108th) | £87,264 (joint 169th with 1 other) | £84,172 | £79,342 (50th) | £74,686 (53rd) | £72,310 (joint 1st with 23 others) | £52,981 (103rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,965 (242nd) | £9,686 (joint 207th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £948 (616th)1 | £1,077 (613th)2 | £954 (619th)3 | £763 | £867 (640th) | £835 (642nd) | £906 (640th) | £756 (joint 634th with 1 other) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,999 (joint 3rd with 4 others) | £2,591 (6th) | £3,926 (26th) | £3,062 | £1,823 (joint 128th with 1 other) | £2,640 (33rd) | £2,328 (46th) | £2,476 (joint 37th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,405 (111th) | £8,385 (51st) | £7,878 | £2,520 (326th) | £8,549 (34th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,182 (355th) | £1,061 (317th) | £1,057 | £1,822 (joint 433rd with 2 others) | £1,822 (joint 426th with 2 others) | £1,822 (joint 407th with 2 others) | £1,822 (371st) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,911 (47th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £141,467 (434th) | £133,234 (496th) | £124,750 (513th) | £119,454 | £109,413 (555th) | £108,905 (525th) | £97,119 (569th) | £75,479 (539th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £948 (464th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,077 (430th).