Labour Party MP for Rugby.
A notably active constituency advocate and loyalist backbencher, John Slinger has been voting in line with Labour on every division since his election in 2024 — a 100% party alignment across nearly 500 votes. His most recent parliamentary activity has centred on national security and defence: in June 2026 he voted with the government on the Armed Forces Bill's Report Stage, backing the bill against several proposed amendments, and supported Labour's counter-position on an opposition motion criticising the government's defence spending record. He also voted to restrict debate time on the National Security (State Threats) Bill, backing the government's timetable over opposition objections.
His participation rate of 88% sits comfortably above the Commons average. His speeches — 417 contributions across 292 debates — cluster heavily around the economy, defence, and local government. On the stance profile, his scores flag a pattern worth noting: he votes very rarely in ways coded as pro-civil-liberties (12%), pro-parliamentary-scrutiny (13%), or pro-business (17%), suggesting a consistent preference for executive authority over accountability mechanisms. His most notable deviation from his Labour colleagues is on assisted dying, where he sits 31 percentage points more supportive of access than the party average — a matter of conscience rather than party direction.
His local press coverage paints a picture of hands-on constituency work: petitions for hospital services at St Cross, campaigning on bus routes, opposing school transport cuts, and securing government funding to address a hazardous pedestrian tunnel. Recent news (past 90 days) covers culture, community, and cost-of-living topics, though sentiment scores are neutral. He sits on the Speaker's Conference. No rebel votes are on record.
John Slinger is the Labour MP for Rugby, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
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
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.
Source · Hansard
“The defence growth deal should be leveraged to help Northern Ireland businesses access the broader UK defence supply chain.”
“The BBC should retain programmes like "The World Tonight" to counter disinformation, and should examine executive pay levels to protect quality journalism rather than cutting conte…”
“Towns, not just cities, must be centres of innovation investment; business partnerships like Frasers Group's commitment to Rugby demonstrate the potential for growth outside metrop…”
“The Government's planned new best practice guidance on setting speed limits cannot come too quickly; residents and elected representatives must be empowered in the process, and act…”
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.
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
Committee seats are where backbenchers shape legislation and hold departments to account. Slinger sits on one.
| Department | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 7 | 24.1% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 7 | 24.1% |
| Home Office | 5 | 17.2% |
| Department for Education | 4 | 13.8% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 3 | 10.3% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 1 | 3.4% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 1 | 3.4% |
| Northern Ireland Office | 1 | 3.4% |
What support her Department gives to qualified peripatetic and school music teachers to help them deliver music lessons.
The department provides £76 million per annum for the Music Hub network that employs or contracts with over 9,000 peripatetic teaching staff across England. Music Hubs work with classroom teachers in over 90% of schools.The Music Hub networ…read full →
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 →
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Source · Members API · Last amended 4 Nov 2025
| 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
Nothing tabled for Slinger on the published Order Paper this week.
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rugby | 19,533 | 39.9% | Won |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John SlingerWON | Lab | 19,533 | 39.9 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Rugby →