Andrew Slaughter’s voting in Parliament

Andrew Slaughter is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a selection of Andrew Slaughter’s votes.

• Generally voted against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes
• Consistently voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes
• Consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes
• Generally voted against encouraging occupational pensions Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Andrew Slaughter’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Andrew Slaughter’s full vote analysis page for more.

Andrew Slaughter has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Prison Safety — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] 15 Sep 2016

  I appreciate the Minister visiting Wormwood Scrubs, and I think everyone in the prison is working to try to turn it around. Will he agree to look again at the staffing reductions planned for next month, which can only harm the attempt to improve the situation?

• Prison Safety — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] 15 Sep 2016

  It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Mr Stringer. Although it is tempting to enter into debate on the alternative worldviews of crime and punishment in Shipley and Bromley, I think I will return to the report and the subject of the debate. I thank the Chair of the Justice Committee and its other members for the report, and I thank him for his remarks today. I also thank...

• Points of Order 15 Sep 2016

  On a point of order, Mr Speaker. A consultation document has been published in the last 10 minutes—I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) for going to the Vote Office to get it for me—on the closure of the major court in my constituency along with Camberwell magistrates court, also in London. There has been no written ministerial...

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Profile

Labour MP for Hammersmith

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

Also represented Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Ministry of Justice
• Justice
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Home Department
• Legal Costs
• Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs
• Training
• Legal Aid Scheme
• Personal Injury

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Justice) (8 Oct 2010 to 27 Jun 2016)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (26 Jul 2010 to 2 Nov 2010)
• Member, London Regional Select Committee (14 Dec 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Communities and Local Government Committee (2 Nov 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• PPS (Lord Jones of Birmingham Kt, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (29 Jan 2008 to 16 Oct 2008)
• Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee (9 Nov 2007 to 2 Nov 2009)
• PPS (Rt Hon Lord Malloch-Brown KCMG, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (7 Nov 2007 to 16 Jan 2009)
• PPS (Lord Jones of Birmingham Kt, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (7 Nov 2007 to 16 Oct 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 (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 (16 Jul 2007 to 7 Nov 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 (10 Nov 2005 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 26 Nov 2007)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Clive Soley
• William Bull
• Walter Goldsworthy

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Offender Rehabilitation Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Criminal Justice and Courts Bill Committee (13 out of 13)
• 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)
• Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (18 out of 18)
• Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Law Commission Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Health Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (14 out of 17)
• 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)
• Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• 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)

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• Has spoken in 111 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Andrew Slaughter’s speeches
• Has received answers to 549 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 74.11% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 15 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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.
• 206 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Andrew Slaughter’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 580 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)