Voting Record — Karen Buck MP, Westminster North (10075)

Karen Buck is currently Member, Renters (Reform) Bill Committee

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

ConstituencyFromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
Westminster North 13 Dec 2019 still in office Lab 1 vote out of 678, 0.1% 678 votes out of 1002, 67.7% 0 times
Westminster North 9 Jun 2017 6 Nov 2019 Lab 1 vote out of 373, 0.3% 373 votes out of 463, 80.6% 0 times
Westminster North 8 May 2015 3 May 2017 Lab 4 votes out of 328, 1.2% 328 votes out of 467, 70.2% 0 times
Westminster North 6 May 2010 30 Mar 2015 Lab 0 votes out of 846, 0.0% 846 votes out of 1239, 68.3% 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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HouseDateSubjectKaren BuckLab VoteRôle
8 Nov 2023Became Member, Renters (Reform) Bill Committee
Commons25 Oct 2023Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill — Clause 3 - Exceptions Majorityaye Rebel
5 Sep 2023Stopped being Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions),
12 Oct 2022Stopped being Member, Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill Committee
7 Sep 2022Became Member, Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill Committee
27 Jan 2022Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
29 Jun 2021Stopped being Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee)
14 May 2021Became Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions),
2 Mar 2020Became Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee)
15 Jan 2020Became Member, Panel of Chairs
HouseDateSubjectKaren BuckLab VoteRôle
6 Nov 2019Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
6 Nov 2019Stopped being Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Commons25 Jun 2018National Policy Statement: Airports — Heathrow Northwest Runway minorityaye Rebel
30 Oct 2017Became Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee)
22 Jun 2017Became Member, Panel of Chairs
HouseDateSubjectKaren BuckLab VoteRôle
3 May 2017Stopped being Member, Work and Pensions Committee
3 May 2017Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
3 May 2017Stopped being Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Commons8 Feb 2017European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons8 Feb 2017European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — All Clauses Stand Part minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Feb 2017European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Second Reading minorityaye Rebel
28 Oct 2015Became Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee)
14 Oct 2015Became Member, Panel of Chairs
Commons11 Sep 2015Assisted Dying Bill — Second Reading minorityno Rebel
8 Jul 2015Became Member, Work and Pensions Committee
HouseDateSubjectKaren BuckLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller
16 Apr 2013Stopped being Shadow Minister (Education),
7 Oct 2011Became Shadow Minister (Education),
7 Oct 2011Stopped being Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions),
2 Nov 2010Stopped being Member, Work and Pensions Committee
8 Oct 2010Became Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions),
12 Jul 2010Became Member, Work and Pensions Committee
6 May 2010Stopped being Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee
HouseDateSubjectKaren BuckLab VoteRôle
14 Dec 2009Stopped being Member, Home Affairs Committee
Commons9 Nov 2009Coroners and Justice Bill — Enable Minister to Replace Inquest With Inquiry — Incercept Evidence in Inquests minorityno Rebel
2 Nov 2009Became Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee
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 — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System 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
17 Jul 2006Became Member, Home Affairs Committee
Commons12 May 2006[Sir Michael Lord in the Chair] tellnono Teller
16 Mar 2006Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport),
12 Jul 2005Stopped being Member, Work and Pensions Committee
10 May 2005Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport),
HouseDateSubjectKaren BuckLab VoteRôle
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
16 Jul 2001Became Member, Work and Pensions Committee
HouseDateSubjectKaren BuckLab VoteRôle
11 May 2001Stopped being Member, Social Security Committee
Commons24 Feb 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order) minorityaye Rebel
14 Jul 1997Became Member, Social Security Committee

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
8% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
6% Academy Schools - for
56% Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
92% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
32% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
69% Apprenticeships
75% Assisted Dying
23% Asylum System - More strict
16% Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
87% Ban fox hunting
88% Bankers' Bonus Tax
50% Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
80% Business and community control of schools: For
17% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
32% Closed Material Proceedure
25% Coalition Programme for Government - For
90% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
0% Cull Badgers
100% Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
23% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Do more to help refugees inclding children
0% Employee Shareholder Status
59% Employment rights
15% Encourage and incentivise saving
0% End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
81% Energy Prices - More Affordable
0% English Votes on English Laws etc.
11% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
83% European Union Integration - For
8% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0% Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
38% Fixed Term Parliaments
90% For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
70% Foundation hospitals - In favour
87% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
79% Fully Elected House of Lords
78% Further devolution to Northern Ireland
65% Further devolution to Scotland
73% Further devolution to Wales
41% Gambling - Against permissiveness
6% GP Commissioning in the NHS
86% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100% Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
22% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
62% Higher taxes on banks
25% Higher taxes on sugary drinks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
93% Homosexuality - Equal rights
72% HS2 - In Favour
80% Human Rights and Equality
83% Identity cards - For introduction
50% In Favour of Mass Surveillance
67% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100% Incentivise membership of press regulator
21% Increase Air Passenger Duty
21% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
19% Increase VAT
67% Inheritance Tax
27% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
9% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
94% Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
92% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
25% Localise Council Tax Support
35% Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0% Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
52% Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100% Mansion Tax
81% Mass Retention of Communications Data
45% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50% Member trustees on pension boards
2% Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
33% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
86% Minimum Wage
71% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100% More Emergency Service Workers
100% More funds for social care
72% More powers for local councils
100% MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
27% No detention without charge or trial
86% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
99% Nuclear power - For
71% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
42% Pension auto-enrolment - For
0% Phase out of Tenancies for Life
0% Police and Crime Commissioners
99% Post office - in favour of Government policy
1% Post office closures - against
75% Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
15% Privatise Royal Mail
21% Promote Occupational Pensions
52% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
21% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
100% Public Ownership of Railways
88% Rail Fares - Lower
30% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
7% Reduce capital gains tax
10% Reduce central funding for local government
12% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0% Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
16% Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
22% Reducing the number of MPs - for
1% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
46% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
46% Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29% Register of Lobbyists
100% Regulate letting agent fees
38% Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
91% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
88% Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0% Require voters to show photo ID before voting
0% Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
13% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100% Retain funds from council house sales locally
19% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
88% Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
50% Right to strike
79% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
97% Same Sex Marriage - for
18% Schools - Greater Autonomy
0% Sell England's Public Forests
68% Smoking ban - In favour
99% State control of bus services
80% Stop climate change
73% Support current and former armed service members
41% Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
12% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
11% Tougher on illegal immigration
2% Trade Unions - Restrict
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58% Transparency of Parliament
43% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7% University education fees - Should be free
58% University Tuition Fees - For
41% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
76% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
86% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
86% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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