Andy Slaughter, MP for Hammersmith and Chiswick
Andy Slaughter has been an MP since 2005. Currently: Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office); National Security Strategy (Joint Committee).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office) (Attorney General's Office) | 2026 to now | Now |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office) | 2021 to 2023 | |
| Shadow Minister (Justice) (Ministry of Justice) | 2021 | |
| Shadow Minister (Housing) (Department for Communities and Local Government) | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Shadow Minister (Justice) (Ministry of Justice) | 2010 to 2016 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Sub-Committee on Core Tasks of Select Committees | 2026 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Justice Committee | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill | 2024 | |
| Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL] | 2024 | |
| Animal (Penalty Notices) Bill | 2021 | |
| Judicial Review and Courts Bill | 2021 |
Show the other 7
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Justice Committee | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Justice Committee | 2019 | |
| Human Rights (Joint Committee) | 2010 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2009 to 2010 | |
| Children, Schools and Families | 2007 to 2009 | |
| Regulatory Reform | 2005 to 2007 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Andy Slaughter has 1 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Barrister (not practising) | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Andy Slaughter asked 55 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
33 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Andy Slaughter represents Hammersmith and Chiswick. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Andy Slaughter won with 52% of the votes, and Andrew Dinsmore (Conservative) came second with 19%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Slaughter | Labour | 24,073 | 52.3% |
| Andrew Dinsmore | Conservative | 8,783 | 19.1% |
| Naranee Ruthra-Rajan | Green Party | 4,468 | 9.7% |
| Eraj Rostaqi | Liberal Democrat | 4,292 | 9.3% |
| Louise Petano-Heathcote | Reform UK | 2,929 | 6.4% |
| Bill Colegrave | Rejoin EU | 821 | 1.8% |
| Raj Gill | Workers Party of Britain | 439 | 1.0% |
| Scott Dore | Workers Revolutionary Party | 216 | 0.5% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Andy Slaughter took part in 233 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Andy Slaughter voted the same way as their party in 231 of the 231 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this