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Andy Slaughter.

Labour Party MP for Hammersmith and Chiswick.

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Commons votes
524/575
91% attendance · top 4% of MPs
Party alignment
100%
votes with party majority
Speeches
312
across 173 debates · 50,376 words
Written Qs
119
107 answered · 12 pending
Dispatch
15 Jul 2026

Aligned with their councils.

A loyal government vote with a distinctive record on justice, Slaughter chairs the Justice Committee — one of the most senior committee roles in the Commons — and has been active in that capacity, most recently overseeing the appointment process for the Chair of the Legal Services Board. On recent votes, he has backed the government on every occasion, including the Immigration and Asylum Bill's Second Reading and two measures to modernise trade union balloting. He has not once voted against Labour since the data begins.

At 91% voting participation he sits above the Commons average, and his 100% party alignment makes him among the most loyal Labour MPs currently sitting. His stance profile reinforces that picture: perfect scores on progressive taxation and the government agenda, very low scores on civil liberties, parliamentary scrutiny, and Lords scrutiny — suggesting he consistently backs executive authority over institutional checks. Crime dominates his speech activity, with 100 contributions logged on the topic, followed by defence and social care. His assisted dying voting record is a notable deviation from his party: he is 31 percentage points more likely than the average Labour MP to vote for expanding access, and less likely to back restrictions.

Locally, Slaughter appears active across constituency events, with coverage noting engagement on foodbanks, asylum issues, and community groups in Hammersmith and Chiswick. Hammersmith Bridge has attracted political attention, though it is a neighbouring MP leading on that campaign. News sentiment data for the past 90 days is insufficient to draw firm conclusions. No rebel votes are recorded, and no negative press coverage appears in the available data.

Background

Andy Slaughter is the Labour MP for Hammersmith and Chiswick, and has been an MP continually since 5 May 2005.

§ 01Voting record.524 divisions · most recent 1 Jul 2026

By issue — what do they vote on most?

Top eight by total divisions voted, this parliament. Volume measures engagement, not direction — see Notable Votes for free-vote moments and rebellions.

Taxation90
Economy84
Employment51
Crime & Policing45
Education42
Constitution and Democracy35
Welfare and Benefits30
Housing24

Source · The Public Whip · Hansard

Notable votes — free votes & rebellions.

Moments where the whip was free, or where Slaughter broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.

No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.

§ 02Speeches.312 contributions · 173 debates · 50,376 words

Words spoken, by topic.

Crime39,385
Health8,817
Economy & Jobs8,306
Social Care7,995
Fiscal Policy7,585
Defence6,221
Culture Community4,704
Lab avg / MP All-MP avgper topic, words per MP

Source · Hansard

Recent contributions.

9 Jul 2026

Jury Trials

Leveson made 180 recommendations, few about juries; the government should explain how all recommendations will be treated and contribute to reducing backlog.

65 words·Read
30 Jun 2026

Magistrate Numbers

Raised a tension between recruiting newly trained magistrates and asking them to handle more complex, longer cases; questioned whether the solution was to recruit more district jud

80 words·Read
29 Jun 2026

Home Office and Ministry of Justice

Government investment in courts, prisons and probation is necessary and welcome, but structural reform (Courts and Tribunals Bill) is essential to reduce backlog; jury trial change

1,449 words·Read
18 Jun 2026

Courts and Tribunals Bill

The Bill addresses an urgent crisis but requires substantial improvements to recruitment targets, sentencing powers oversight, judge diversity, and children's trial rights before p

1,872 words·Read
Showing 4 of 312·All 312 speeches
§ 03Committees & roles.4 current appointments

Current memberships.

Select, joint and other committees Slaughter currently sits on. Committee work is where much of the line-by-line scrutiny of bills and departments happens, away from the chamber.

CommitteeRoleType
Liaison Sub-Committee on Core Tasks of Select CommitteesMemberSelect
Liaison Committee (Commons)MemberSelect
Justice CommitteeMemberSelect
Justice CommitteeChairSelect

Source · UK Parliament Committees API

What this means.

Holds a chair

Slaughter chairs a committee — an elected position with real agenda-setting power over what gets scrutinised.

§ 04Written questions.119 tabled · 107 answered · 25 Jul 2024 → 8 Jul 2026

Top departments asked.

DepartmentQsShare
Ministry of Justice4437.0%
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office3126.1%
Department of Health and Social Care108.4%
Home Office86.7%
Department for Business and Trade86.7%
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs43.4%
Treasury32.5%
Department for Culture, Media and Sport32.5%

Most recent.

8 Jul 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending

What steps he is taking to ensure Integrated Care Boards are (a) adopting the recent Get It Right First-Time guidance on glaucoma and (b) commissioning enhanced referral and filtering schemes.

Awaiting answer.

8 Jul 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending

What steps he is taking to ensure that ICBs commission community minor and urgent eye care services.

Awaiting answer.

8 Jul 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending

What assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of aligning the General Ophthalmic Services contract in England with Scotland and Wales.

Awaiting answer.

8 Jul 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending

What steps he is taking to ensure commissioners are making use of capacity and expertise in primary care optometry to improve access to care for those (a) at risk of and (b) with glaucoma.

Awaiting answer.

Showing 4 of 119·All 119 written questions
§ 05Register & expenses.1 declared interests · £286k claimed FY 24_25

Register of interests.

Barrister (not practising)
Barrister (not practising)

Source · Members API · Last amended 18 Apr 2024

IPSA expenses.

Category£Share
Staffing257,72890.1%
Office Costs28,1999.9%
MP Travel740.0%
Total · 80 claims286,001100%
Showing 3 of 80·All 80 IPSA claims

Source · IPSA · FY 24_25

§ 06This week in Westminster.Order paper · refreshed daily

Nothing tabled for Slaughter on the published Order Paper this week.

§ 07Electoral history.5 contests · 2010, 2024
YearConstituencyVotesShareResult
2024Hammersmith and Chiswick24,07352.3%Won
2019Hammersmith30,07457.9%Won
2017Hammersmith33,37563.9%Won
2015Hammersmith23,98150.0%Won
2010Hammersmith20,81043.9%Won

2024 — full result, Hammersmith and Chiswick.

CandidateVotes%
Andy SlaughterWONLab24,07352.3

Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Hammersmith and Chiswick

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
DivisionsHansard
The Public Whip
Updated 17 Jul 2026
SpeechesHansard · 50,376 words
18 Jul 2024 → 14 Jul 2026
Written QsMembers API
119 tabled · 107 answered
CommitteesCommittees API
4 current
RegisterMembers API
1 entries
ExpensesIPSA
£286,001 · FY 24_25
Order paperUK Parliament
Refreshed daily
ElectionsElectoral Commission
DCLEAPIL