What support her Department gives to qualified peripatetic and school music teachers to help them deliver music lessons.
Awaiting answer.
The Westminster lensMP · Labour Party · Sitting since 4 Jul 2024
John Slinger.
Labour Party MP for Rugby.
Commons votes
456/521
88% attendance · top 11% of MPs
Party alignment
60%
on whipped divisions
Speeches
449
across 295 debates · 53,106 words
Written Qs
28
27 answered · 1 pending
Dispatch
31 May 2026
31 May 2026
Partly aligned with the seat’s councils.
John Slinger is the Labour MP for Rugby, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
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.
Source · The Public Whip · Hansard
Notable votes — free votes & rebellions.
Moments where the whip was free, or where Slinger broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.
No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.
Words spoken, by topic.
Lab avg / MP All-MP avgper topic, words per MP
Source · Hansard
Recent contributions.
15 Apr
Creative Arts and Culture (Broadcasting Requirements)
“Proposes legislation requiring broadcasters to include dedicated cultural arts news bulletins to match sports coverage, citing economic contribution (£145.8bn), health benefits, an…”
3 Mar
Community Cohesion
“Community cohesion requires human interaction, diverse representation of patriotism, interfaith initiatives, and support for local volunteers; flags and symbols must not be weaponi…”
11 Feb
Defence Industrial Strategy 2025
“Supports apprenticeship expansion in the defence sector and calls on the government to go further in supporting skills development.”
10 Feb
Urgent care provision in Rugby
“Welcomes investment at Hospital of St Cross but calls for enhanced urgent care services with doctor-led provision and urges local health leaders to conclude their review and take a…”
Bluesky is the only social platform we ingest at the row level. The strip below is computed by classifying each post for substance (vs reposts, social mentions, scheduling) and then by tone (critical / measured / supportive) per target.
@johnslingermp.bsky.socialLast 60 days · 37 posts
Celebratory → warm, supportive
Labour Party37
Posts
23
Substantive
12
Mp Performance
Most criticises
Reform 3
Most supports
Keir Starmer 4
Labour Party 4
Rugby Labour team 3
Recent substantive posts.
| When | Topic | Tone | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May | Social Care | celebratory | “As ever, I was inspired by the words of my friend and colleague @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social speaking of the @dignityindying.org.uk reception. Incredibly movi…” |
| 18 May | Economy & Jobs | celebratory | “…meanwhile in the real world… The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its forecast for the UK's growth this year from 0.8% to 1%. Labour…delivering…” |
| 13 May | Mp Performance | celebratory | “I’m glad to have joined a growing number of my Labour MP colleagues in signing this statement supporting the Prime Minister and opposing a leadership contest. …” |
Current memberships.
Select, joint and other committees Slinger currently sits on. Committee work is where much of the line-by-line scrutiny of bills and departments happens, away from the chamber.
| Committee | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Conference (2024) | Member | Select |
Source · UK Parliament Committees API
What this means.
Committee member
Committee seats are where backbenchers shape legislation and hold departments to account. Slinger sits on one.
Top departments asked.
| Department | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 7 | 25.0% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 7 | 25.0% |
| Department for Education | 4 | 14.3% |
| Home Office | 4 | 14.3% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 3 | 10.7% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 1 | 3.6% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 1 | 3.6% |
| Northern Ireland Office | 1 | 3.6% |
Most recent.
If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a clear NHS pathway for diagnosing and managing craniocervical instability; what measures are available to protect patients; and how patient experience will inform future policy and service development.
Craniocervical instability (CCI) is a complex presentation that can arise in the context of a range of underlying conditions. At present, there is no agreed national diagnostic definition or evidence base to support a distinct National Heal…read full →
What steps he is taking to financially support community pharmacies.
For 2025/26, funding for the core community pharmacy contractual framework was increased to £3.1 billion. This represented the largest uplift in funding of any part of the National Health Service at the time, at over 19% across 2024/25 and …read full →
What assessment he has made of the potential merits of automatically utilising brain tumour patients’ anonymised data to create relevant datasets for clinical research.
The Department invests over £1.6 billion per year in research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Cancer is a major area of NIHR spending at £141.6 million in 2024/25, reflecting its high priority.We are comm…read full →
Register of interests.
HST Group Name of donor: HST Group
Address of donor: Salim Street, Sulaymaniyah, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, 46002, Iraq
Estimate of the probable valu… |
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Name of donor: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Address of donor: C/o Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, 30 Charles Street, London W1J 5DZ
Estimat… |
Member of the Executive Committee of the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentar Member of the Executive Committee of the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Date interest arose: 13 November 2024
(Registered… |
Borough councillor (Rugby). On my request Rugby Council stoped paying my allowan Borough councillor (Rugby). On my request Rugby Council stoped paying my allowance from 4 July 2024 (when I was elected) onwards. The allowa… |
Source · Members API · Last amended 4 Nov 2025
IPSA expenses.
| Category | £ | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 125,915 | 74.7% |
| Office Costs | 23,957 | 14.2% |
| Accommodation | 13,690 | 8.1% |
| MP Travel | 3,253 | 1.9% |
| Staff Travel | 1,723 | 1.0% |
| Total · 156 claims | 168,539 | 100% |
Source · IPSA · FY 24_25
| Date | Item | Type | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 4 Jun | What steps she is taking to help tackle waste crime. | Tabled | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rugby | 19,533 | 39.9% | Won |
2024 — full result, Rugby.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John SlingerWON | Lab | 19,533 | 39.9 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Rugby →
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 31 May 2026
The Public Whip
Updated 31 May 2026
SpeechesHansard · 53,106 words
18 Jul 2024 → 20 May 2026
18 Jul 2024 → 20 May 2026
Written QsMembers API
28 tabled · 27 answered
28 tabled · 27 answered
CommitteesCommittees API
1 current
1 current
RegisterMembers API
4 entries
4 entries
ExpensesIPSA
£168,539 · FY 24_25
£168,539 · FY 24_25
Order paperUK Parliament
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