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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
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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 moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. 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 a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. 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 for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. 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, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Communities and Local Government, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs, Departmental Legal Costs, Legal Aid Scheme, Legal Costs, Translation Services
(based on written questions asked by Andy Slaughter and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Justice and Security Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Defamation Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- 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)
- Vehicle Registration Marks Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- 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)
- Merchant Shipping (Pollution) 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)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — International Development: International Assistance (15 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if the UK will press for the disaggregation of data by a range of factors to feature prominently in the framework that will replace the Millennium Development Goals.”
- Written Answers — International Development: Latin America (15 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of disparities in maternal mortality rates between indigenous women and national populations in Latin America.”
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
“Given the time, I shall confine my comments to the biggest cost-of-living issue facing my constituents, which is the cost of housing, an issue that illustrates just how out of touch this Government of millionaires are from the lives of ordinary people. I said earlier in an intervention on my right hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint) that the average price of a house in my...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 73 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 44 written questions in the last year — 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 77.32% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 15 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") 339 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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).