Voting Record — Karen Buck MP, Regent's Park and Kensington North (10075)

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 10 votes out of 983, 1.0% 983 votes out of 1288, 76.3% 1 time
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 16 votes out of 923, 1.7% 923 votes out of 1246, 74.1% 3 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 1 vote out of 893, 0.1% 893 votes out of 1273, 70.1% 0 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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HouseDateSubjectKaren BuckLab VoteRôle
11 May 2010Stopped being Chairman, London Regional Select Committee
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Children, Schools and Families Committee
18 Feb 2010Became a member of the Children, Schools and Families Committee
16 Dec 2009Became Chairman, London Regional Select Committee
15 Dec 2009Became a member of the London Regional Select Committee
15 Dec 2009Stopped being a member of the Home Affairs Committee
Commons9 Nov 2009Coroners and Justice Bill — Remove the power of the Lord Chancellor to suspend a coroner's investigation and inquest and replace it with an "inquiry" — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Mar 2007Trident Replacement — Case not yet proven — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected) minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons28 Feb 2007Offender Management Bill — New Clause 11 — Restriction on certain arrangements under section 3(2) minorityno Rebel
18 Jul 2006Became a member of the Home Affairs Committee
Commons12 May 2006[Sir Michael Lord in the Chair] tellnono Teller
28 Apr 2006Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport
11 May 2005Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport
HouseDateSubjectMs Karen BuckLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being a member of the Work and Pensions Committee
28 May 2004Became a member of the Work and Pensions Committee
Commons1 Mar 2004Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to asylum seekers even when they make a late claim — rejected tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons1 Mar 2004Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Asylum appeals should be referred to a higher court — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons1 Mar 2004Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to failed asylum seekers and their families — rejected tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons20 Jan 2004Crown Employment (Nationality) tellayeaye Teller
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Feb 2003Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons5 Nov 2002Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Asylum seekers can be placed in accommodation centres even if there is no local school pace for dependent children minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Parliamentary Questions minorityno Rebel
Commons11 Jun 2002Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — New Clause 15 — Appeal from within United Kingdom: unfounded human rights or asylum claim: transitional provision minorityaye Rebel
Commons11 Jun 2002Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Do not allow appeals against rejected asylum claims from within the UK if the claim is unfounded minorityaye Rebel
Commons11 Jun 2002Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Do not allow appeals against rejected asylum claims from within the UK if the claim is unfounded minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Liaison Committee: Power to Take Evidence minorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityaye Rebel
Commons23 Jan 2002Identity Card Majorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMs Karen BuckLab VoteRôle
Commons24 Feb 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order) minorityaye Rebel

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

AgreementPolicy
5% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
87% Ban fox hunting
80% Business and community control of schools: For
17% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
90% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
11% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
92% European Union - For
70% Foundation hospitals - In favour
87% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
68% Fully Elected House of Lords
0% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
100% Homosexuality - Equal rights
83% Identity cards - For introduction
13% Increase VAT
27% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
71% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
27% No detention without charge or trial
92% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
98% Nuclear power - For
100% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
99% Post office - in favour of Government policy
1% Post office closures - against
16% Privatise Royal Mail
29% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
2% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
1% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
88% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
21% Schools - Greater Autonomy
70% Smoking ban - In favour
72% Stop climate change
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
92% Terrorism laws - For
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58% Transparency of Parliament
33% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7% University education fees - Should be free
63% University Tuition Fees - For
42% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
99.2% Tony BlairSedgefieldLab
98.4% Robin CookLivingstonLab
97.8% Elliot MorleyScunthorpeLab
97.5% Douglas AlexanderPaisley and Renfrewshire SouthLab
97.4% Joan WalleyStoke-on-Trent NorthLab

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