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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

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Andy Slaughter voted on key issues:

  • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. 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 allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
  • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes

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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)

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Written Answers — Treasury: Assets: Egypt (26 Jan 2012)

“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assets held in the UK have been frozen at the request of the Egyptian Government in the last 12 months; in each such case who the individual was who held the assets; and what the (a) type and (b) value of the assets was.”

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum: Egypt (26 Jan 2012)

“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of the former Egyptian Government have claimed political asylum in the UK.”

Statements of Taxation: EU Criminal Policy (25 Jan 2012)

“It is a pleasure if not a luxury to have so much time on the Floor of the House to discuss a communication from the Commission to the European Parliament. It appears to have pride of place in Government business for the House this week.”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 63 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 244 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 73.65% 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") 233 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Populus Limited, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London, EC1V 0AT.
Survey completed September 2010. Hours: 30 mins. Fee of £50 donated to my local Party. (Registered 8 October 2010)
16 December 2010, received £50 for taking part in survey. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to my local Party. (Registered 6 January 2011)
18 March 2011, received £75 for opinion survey interview, February 2011. Hours: 15 mins. Payment donated to my constituency party. (Registered 1 April 2011)
Surveys completed ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA.
Fee of £75 donated to my local Party. Hours: 50 mins (Registered 8 October 2010)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: 1) Friends of Al-Aqsa (flight)
2) Middle East Monitor (accommodation)
Address of donor: 1) PO Box 5127, Leicester LE2 OWU
2) 419-421 Crown House, North Circular Rd, London NW10 7PN
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): 1) cost of flight; £392
2) cost of accommodation; £535
Destination of visit: Jerusalem
Date of visit: 5-8 November 2010
Purpose of visit: fact-finding mission
(Registered 30 November 2010)
Name of donor: Council for European Palestinian Relations
Address of donor: 1 Olympic Way, London HA9 0P
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flights, transport within Cairo and Border Visa in Cairo, accommodation and food; total value £680
Destination of visit: Cairo, Egypt
Date of visit: 17-20 March 2011
Purpose of visit: member of CEPR’s parliamentary delegation
(Registered 11 April 2011)
11. Miscellaneous
Barrister (not practising).

Register last updated: 13 Dec 2011. 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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
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).

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

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Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Communities and Local Government Committee (18 Feb 2010 to 11 May 2010)
  • Member, London Regional Select Committee (15 Dec 2009 to 11 May 2010)
  • PPS (Lord Jones of Birmingham Kt, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (4 Aug 2008 to 16 Oct 2008)
  • PPS (Lord Jones of Birmingham Kt, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (4 Aug 2008 to 16 Oct 2008)
  • PPS (Lord Jones of Birmingham Kt, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (29 Jan 2008 to 4 Aug 2008)
  • Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee (7 Nov 2007 to 18 Feb 2010)
  • PPS (Rt Hon Lord Malloch-Brown KCMG, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (7 Nov 2007 to unknown)
  • PPS (Lord Jones of Birmingham Kt, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (7 Nov 2007 to 4 Aug 2008)
  • PPS (Rt Hon Lord Malloch-Brown, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (7 Nov 2007 to 7 Nov 2007)
  • PPS (Lord Jones of Birmingham, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (11 Oct 2007 to 25 Oct 2007)
  • PPS (Lord Jones of Birmingham, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (26 Jul 2007 to 26 Jul 2007)
  • PPS (Lord Jones of Birmingham, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (23 Jul 2007 to 7 Nov 2007)
  • PPS (Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (23 Jul 2007 to 23 Jul 2007)
  • PPS (Lord Malloch-Brown, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (16 Jul 2007 to 7 Nov 2007)
  • PPS (Sir Digby Jones, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (16 Jul 2007 to 23 Jul 2007)
  • PPS (Lord Malloch Brown, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (28 Jun 2007 to 16 Jul 2007)
  • PPS (Sir Digby Jones, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (28 Jun 2007 to 23 Jul 2007)
  • PPS (Dr Stephen Ladyman, Minister of State), Department for Transport (before 10 Nov 2005 to 28 Jun 2007)
  • Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 27 Nov 2007)

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