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Andy Slaughter
Labour MP for Hammersmith
- Also represented Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andy Slaughter voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Justice, Home Department, Communities and Local Government, Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs, Departmental Legal Costs, Legal Costs, Legal Aid, EU External Trade: Israel
(based on written questions asked by Andy Slaughter and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Health Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
- Law Commission Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (14 out of 17)
- Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
- Greater London Authority Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Vehicle Registration Marks Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Road Safety Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of (a) (i) employment support allowance, (ii) disability living allowance and (iii) incapacity benefit claimants and (b) applicants for a review of a decision to award (i) employment support allowance, (ii) disability living allowance and (iii) incapacity benefit were from ethnic minorities in the last year for which figures...”
- Written Answers — Justice: Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of any advice his Department received from the Senior Judiciary including the Master of the Rolls on (a) qualified one-way cost shifting and (b) a 10 per cent. uplift in general damages as part of his proposed reform of civil litigation funding and costs.”
- Written Answers — Justice: Legal Aid scheme (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effect on demand for legal aid in respect of private family law of implementation of an assumption of shared parenting.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 61 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 240 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 74.40% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 12 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 245 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,360 | ||||
| Office running costs | £25,374 (52nd) | £26,347 (34th) | £19,731 (392nd) | £16,530 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £96,736 (279th) | £84,020 (441st) | £89,407 (83rd) | £86,523 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £7,476 (381st) | £9,899 (170th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,719 (556th)1 | £3,407 (538th)2 | £2,599 (570th)3 | £2,391 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £62 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,993 (20th) | £985 (228th) | £3,321 (42nd) | £1,572 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £6,001 (3rd) | £10,207 (33rd) | £4,786 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £970 (joint 592nd with 1 other) | £930 (joint 523rd with 22 others) | £930 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £142,214 (422nd) | £137,153 (449th) | £128,907 (471st) | £115,154 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,004 (494th). Rail £1,136 (444th). Misc £579 (65th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,482 (464th). Rail £1,106 (423rd). Misc £819 (43rd).