A selection of Karen Buck's votes

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• Generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 3 votes for, 17 votes against, 7 absences, between 2010–2019
• Almost always voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 0 votes for, 16 votes against, 2 absences, between 2011–2018
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2013
• Consistently voted against greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 0 votes for, 12 votes against, between 2013–2016
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 98 votes for, 12 votes against, 33 absences, between 2006–2019
• Voted a mixture of for and against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 2 votes for, 5 votes against, 6 absences, between 2011–2016

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Recent appearances

• Grenfell Tower Inquiry 30 Oct 2019

  The inquiry and the Government’s wider response had two obligations. One was to get justice for the families and survivors of the Grenfell disaster, and the other was to make sure that nothing like this could ever happen again. I welcome Martin Moore-Bick finding as a matter of fact that the content of the ACM cladding was the principal reason the flames spread so rapidly on the outside of...

• Prime Minister: Engagements 30 Oct 2019

  In my constituency, the squeeze on Government spending has meant that we have a third fewer police than we had in 2010, we have lost half our children’s centres and the state of disrepair at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, is so acute that, last week, the out-patients department was closed because of leaking sewage. How, then, can the Prime Minister justify squandering £2 billion of...

• Environment Bill 28 Oct 2019

  I thank the Secretary of State very much. On air quality, will she join me in congratulating the Mayor of London on the success of the ultra low emission zone, which has seen such a dramatic fall in polluting vehicles moving into inner London? Is she also conscious of the fact that 83% of reporting zones across the country are still in breach of air pollution limits? However much she tells us...

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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 6 November 2019 — Dissolved for election

Also represented Regent's Park and Kensington North

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @KarenPBuckMP
• https://facebook.com/KarenBuck4WN

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Karen Buck campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Work and Pensions
• Communities and Local Government
• Education and Skills
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Treasury
• Housing Benefit
• Social Security Benefits
• Social Rented Housing
• Homelessness
• Children: Maintenance

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (30 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (22 Jun 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (28 Oct 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (14 Oct 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Shadow Minister (Education) (7 Oct 2011 to 16 Apr 2013)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 2 Nov 2010)
• Chair, London Regional Select Committee (15 Dec 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, London Regional Select Committee (14 Dec 2009 to 15 Dec 2009)
• Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee (2 Nov 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (17 Jul 2006 to 14 Dec 2009)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (10 May 2005 to 16 Mar 2006)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 12 Jul 2005)
• Member, Committee of Selection (3 Dec 1998 to 5 Nov 2001)
• Member, Social Security Committee (14 Jul 1997 to 11 May 2001)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Wheeler

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• 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)
• Chairman, Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
• Chairman, Voyeurism (Offences) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
• 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)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 54 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Karen Buck’s speeches
• Has received answers to 28 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 80.56% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 140 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 540 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)