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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).

Constituency From To Party Rebellions (explain...) Attendance (explain...) Teller

Westminster North 6 May 2010 still in office Lab 0 votes out of 39, 0.0% 39 votes out of 49, 79.6% 0 times

Regent's Park and Kensington North 5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 10 votes out of 983, 1.0% 983 votes out of 1288, 76.3% 1 time

Regent's Park and Kensington North 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 16 votes out of 923, 1.7% 923 votes out of 1246, 74.1% 3 times

Regent's Park and Kensington North 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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House	Date	Subject	Karen Buck	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
11 May 2010	Stopped being Chairman, London Regional Select Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Children, Schools and Families Committee
House	Date	Subject	Karen Buck	Lab Vote	Rôle
18 Feb 2010	Became a member of the Children, Schools and Families Committee
16 Dec 2009	Became Chairman, London Regional Select Committee
15 Dec 2009	Became a member of the London Regional Select Committee
15 Dec 2009	Stopped being a member of the Home Affairs Committee
Commons	9 Nov 2009	Coroners 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	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Case not yet proven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2007	Offender Management Bill — New Clause 11 — Restriction on certain arrangements under section 3(2)	minority	no	Rebel
18 Jul 2006	Became a member of the Home Affairs Committee
Commons	12 May 2006	[Sir Michael Lord in the Chair]	tellno	no	Teller
28 Apr 2006	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport
11 May 2005	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport
House	Date	Subject	Ms Karen Buck	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Work and Pensions Committee
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Work and Pensions Committee
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to asylum seekers even when they make a late claim — rejected	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Asylum appeals should be referred to a higher court — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to failed asylum seekers and their families — rejected	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	20 Jan 2004	Crown Employment (Nationality)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Nov 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Asylum seekers can be placed in accommodation centres even if there is no local school pace for dependent children	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Parliamentary Questions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — New Clause 15 — Appeal from within United Kingdom: unfounded human rights or asylum claim: transitional provision	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Do not allow appeals against rejected asylum claims from within the UK if the claim is unfounded	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Do not allow appeals against rejected asylum claims from within the UK if the claim is unfounded	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Liaison Committee: Power to Take Evidence	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Jan 2002	Identity Card	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Ms Karen Buck	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	24 Feb 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order)	minority	aye	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.

Agreement	Policy
5%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
87%	Ban fox hunting
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
90%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
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
99%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
83%	Identity cards - For introduction
27%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
71%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
7%	No detention without charge or trial
98%	Nuclear power - For
100%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
99%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
1%	Post office closures - against
2%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
88%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
47%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
76%	Smoking ban - In favour
42%	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
25%	Trident replacement - In favour
93%	University education fees - For top up fees
7%	University education fees - Should be free
100%	University tuition fees
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.

Agreement Name Constituency Party
99.2% Tony Blair Sedgefield Lab

98.4% Robin Cook Livingston Lab

97.8% Elliot Morley Scunthorpe Lab

97.5% Douglas Alexander Paisley and Renfrewshire South Lab

97.4% Joan Walley Stoke-on-Trent North Lab