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Andrew Slaughter

Labour MP for Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 5,520 votes. — 403rd out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Andrew Slaughter voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee (since 7 Nov 2007)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Communities and Local Government, Home Department, Treasury, Health, Children, Schools and Families

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Homelessness: Hostels, Asylum Seekers, Supporting People Programme, Mathematics, Statistics: Constituencies

(based on written questions asked by Andrew Slaughter and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Health Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Law Commission Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
• Vehicle Registration Marks Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Greater London Authority Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

“This has been a wide-ranging debate. Surveying just the contributions from the Conservative Benches, we went from the right hon. Member for Suffolk, Coastal (Mr. Gummer), who proved that he is excited, as always, about tackling climate change and who prayed in aid the Pope and denounced creationism, to the right hon. Member for Hitchin and Harpenden (Mr. Lilley), who gave us the benefit of...”

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

“I absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend. I am sure that a number of Ministers would agree, too, including the Secretary of State for Transport and the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. I do not want to make a whole speech about Heathrow, but it is impossible to ignore issues of this kind if we are to have a coherent policy across the board on climate change. The...”

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

“The hon. Gentleman says that, but we hear siren voices saying very different things. I also remind him that, three months before the instructions to the then shadow Transport Secretary at the Tory party conference, half the shadow Cabinet were lecturing my constituents on why it was in the country's economic interests to have a third runway. I do not think that many people, including most...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 14 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 85% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 198 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Andrew Slaughter speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 119 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,482 (464th). Rail £1,106 (423rd). Misc £819 (43rd).

^** Car £1,559 (477th). Other £1,040 (22nd).