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Karen Buck is a former MP for Westminster North.

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Westminster North

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

Also represented Regent's Park and Kensington North

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @KarenPBuckMP
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (14 May 2021 to 5 Sep 2023)
• Shadow Minister (Education) ( 7 Oct 2011 to 16 Apr 2013)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (10 May 2005 to 16 Mar 2006)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Wheeler

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Renters (Reform) Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Fire Safety Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Chairman, Domestic Abuse Bill Committee (6 out of 12)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Chairman, Medicines and Medical Devices Bill Committee (0 out of 3)
• Chairman, Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
• Chairman, Voyeurism (Offences) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
• Chairman, High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Chairman, Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill Committee (0 out of 3)
• Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation and Liability for Housing Standards) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Homelessness Reduction Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Chairman, Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Pension Schemes Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Chairman, Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Enterprise Bill Committee (3 out of 16)
• National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill Committee (5 out of 13)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (26 out of 26)
• Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants Etc.) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Law Commission 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)
• Climate Change Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Greater London Authority Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Housing Bill Committee (14 out of 19)
• Tax Credits Committee (2 out of 2)
• 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)
• Homes Bill Committee (12 out of 12)