Karen Buck
Born
1958
Castlederg
School
Chelmsford County High School for Girls
State grammar
University
London School of Economics and Political Science
In office
0.9 years
Longer than 9% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation
In government
TB
Appointed by Tony Blair
1 post · 2005–2006
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DfT
Career
Before Parliament 5
After office 1
Voting record
1,275
votes since 2016
5
votes against their own party, 0.4% of 1,258 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 0 votes
17
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst
Free votes their own view
- No
- Aye
- Aye
- No
- Aye
- No
- No
- No
- Aye
- No
- NoGeorge Eustice's motion H (EFTA and EEA)2019-03-27
- NoMr Baron's motion B (No deal)2019-03-27
Votes against their party latest 5
- NoEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 132023-10-25 · Economy, business & work
- No
- NoEuropean Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading2017-02-08 · Brexit & EU
- No
- NoEuropean Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading2017-02-01 · Brexit & EU
Read the full voting transcript (1,275 votes)
Commons and Lords votes since 2016. Topics are assigned from division titles by keyword rules.
Bills sponsored
10
private member's bills, 10 as lead sponsor
1
of them became law
Private member's bills 10
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Passed second reading, then ran out of time
Short and Holiday-Let Accommodation (Registration) Bill2022 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Housing and Homelessness (Local Accommodation Duty) Bill2021 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Short and Holiday-Let Accommodation (Notification of Local Authorities) Bill2017 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Became law
Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 20182017 · Private member's bill (ballot)
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Went no further than first reading
Short and Holiday-Let Accommodation (Notification of Local Authorities) Bill2017 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Basement Excavation (Restriction of Permitted Development) Bill2015 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Passed second reading, then ran out of time
Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill2015 · Private member's bill (ballot)
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Went no further than first reading
Permitted Development (Basements) Bill2013 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
All 10 private member's bills
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Went no further than first reading
Bailiffs (Repeals and Amendment) Bill2009 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
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Went no further than first reading
Local Authorities (Social Equality Audits) Bill2008 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
Taken from Parliament's own records of bills. A government bill carries the name of the minister who introduces it, so it says which brief they held, not that they wrote it. Private member's bills are the ones MPs and peers bring forward themselves, and very few become law.