FORM N-PX
       ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
                               INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-4186

John Hancock Income Securities Trust
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  (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

601 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805
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  (Address of principal executive offices)

Amanda Spring
601 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805
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  (Name and address of agent for service)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1-800-225-5291

Date of Fiscal year-end: 6/30/2005

Date of reporting period: 7/1/2004 - 6/30/2005

   Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
   Account Number: 12723000 Income Securities

   The fund did not vote proxies relating to portfolio securities during the
   period covered by this report. Any ballot marked 'Abstain' is considered to
   have been voted. Ballots marked 'Abstain' are considered to be have been
   voted against management's recommendation, regardless of whether the
   recommendation is 'For' or 'Against,' except where management has made no
   recommendation or has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain.' Where
   management has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain' from voting on a
   ballot item: 1) a ballot market 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted
   for management's recommendation to 'Abstain' and 2) a ballot voted 'For" or
   'Against' is considered to have been voted against management's
   recommendation to 'Abstain.' Where management has made no recommendation on a
   ballot item, the abbreviation "N/A" is used to denote that there is no
   applicable recommendation compared to which a vote may be 'For' or 'Against'
   the recommendation of management.

   SIGNATURES:
   Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
   registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
   undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

John Hancock Income Securities Trust
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       (Registrant)

By:     /s/Ismail Gunes
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       (Signature & Title)

Name:   Ismail Gunes
Title:  Vice President

Date:   August 30, 2005