Karen Buck
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Karen Buck MP |
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| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 17 April 2013 – 12 September 2015 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | John Denham |
| Succeeded by | Steve Rotheram |
| Shadow Minister for Education | |
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In office 8 October 2011 – 17 April 2013 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Iain Wright |
| Succeeded by | Tristram Hunt |
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Member of Parliament for Westminster North Regent's Park and Kensington North (1997–2010) |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by |
John Wheeler (Westminster North) Dudley Fishburn (Kensington) |
| Majority | 2,126 (5.4%) |
| Personal details | |
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30 August 1958 Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Barrie Taylor |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Member of Parliament |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website |
Official website parliament..karen-buck Parliamentary profile |
Karen Patricia Buck (born 30 August 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1997, firstly for Regent's Park and Kensington North until 2010, and for Westminster North after that. She is a former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport.
Born in Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, she was educated at the Chelmsford County High School for Girls and the London School of Economics, from where she was awarded a BSc and a MSc in Economics, and a MA in Social Policy and Administration. She joined the Labour Party in 1978. In 1979, she became a research and development worker with Outset, a charity working with disabled people, before joining the Hackney London Borough Council in 1983 initially as a senior disability officer, and from 1986 a public health officer. She began to work for the Labour Party in 1987 as a health directorate researcher, becoming a campaign strategy coordinator in 1992. She was elected as a councillor to the City of Westminster Council in 1990 and remained on the council until her election to parliament in 1997.
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