Andy Slaughter

Andy Slaughter
MP
Andy Slaughter MP
	Official portrait, 2019
Member of Parliament; for Hammersmith; Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush (2005–2010)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Clive Soley
Majority	17,847 (34.3%)
2021–2023
Shadow portfolios
2021–2023	Housing
2010–2016	Justice
Personal details
Born	Andrew Francis Slaughter; 29 September 1960 (age 63); LLB)
Website	andyslaughter.co.uk

Andrew Francis Slaughter (born 29 September 1960) is a British

2023 Israel-Hamas conflict. He was sacked by Sir Keir Starmer from his position as Shadow Solicitor General.^[1]

Early life and education

Slaughter was born on 29 September 1960. He studied at the

Inns of Court School of Law.^[2]

Legal career

Slaughter was

called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1993, thereby qualifying to practice as a barrister. He was a barrister with Bridewell Chambers from 1993 to 2006, before joining Lamb Chambers in 2006.^[2]

Parliamentary career

He stood at the

At the

Andy Slaughter is currently a member of the Justice Select Committee. He was a member of the

Children, Schools and Families Select Committee

(2007–09).

Slaughter's interests include the Middle East and particularly Palestine. He is Secretary of the Britain-Palestine

All-Party Parliamentary Group

(APPG) and Vice-Chair of Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East. His interests are reflected in the other APPGs of which he is a member, including Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf, Fire Safety and Rescue, Gypsies, Travellers and Roma, Heathrow, and Legal Aid.

He has spoken in the House of Commons on fire safety, housing, legal aid, local government, education and climate change issues.^[3]

Slaughter has campaigned against

Heathrow

expansion. He also played a part in successful local campaigns against the planned demolition of social housing by the Conservative Council in his constituency and the planned demolition of Charing Cross Hospital.

The Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush constituency underwent a boundary change for the 2010 general election, and on 30 November 2006, the new Hammersmith Constituency Labour Party selected Slaughter as the Labour candidate for the new Hammersmith seat which he won in the 2010 general election with an increased majority.

In government

He was appointed

Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

, and between July 2007 and October 2008.

On 27 January 2009, he resigned his PPS role as he opposed the Government's plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.^[4]

In opposition

In October 2010, Slaughter was invited to join the Labour frontbench as

European Single Market, in defiance of the Labour whip.^[9]

In the November 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle, he became the new Shadow Solicitor General. On 15 November 2023 he was removed from the position by the Labour leader for defying a whipped Commons vote against an SNP motion for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

References

^ Adu, Aletha; Kiran, Stacey (15 November 2023). "Dozens of Labour MPs defy Keir Starmer to vote for ceasefire in Gaza". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
^
Who's Who 2024
. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
^ "Andy Slaughter". Theyworkforyou.com. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
^ Slaughter, Andy (27 January 2009). "Andy Slaughter resigns from the Government over Heathrow expansion". Andy Slaughter. Retrieved 27 January 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Andy Slaughter MP". UK Parliament.
^ Slaughter, Andy (28 June 2016). "With much regret I have resigned from the Labour Frontbench after six years as a Shadow Minister.pic.twitter.com/UNWi3vxk22".
^ Smith, Mikey; Bloom, Dan (20 July 2016). "Which MPs are nominating Owen Smith in the Labour leadership contest?". Mirror. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
^ "Andy Slaughter MP". UK Parliament.
^ Asthana, Anushka (29 June 2017). "Jeremy Corbyn sacks three frontbenchers after single market vote". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

External links

Official website
Local Labour Party
Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Andrew Slaughter MP
Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
Voting record at Public Whip
Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
Andrew Slaughter's Chambers
Ealing Gazette newspaper column written by Andrew Slaughter and other Ealing MPs
Ealing Times newspaper column written by Andrew Slaughter and other Ealing MPs until 2008
BBC Politics Archived 13 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Clive Soley	Member of Parliament for Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush 2005–2010	Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Preceded by Constituency created	Member of Parliament for Hammersmith 2010–present	Incumbent

[1] Adu, Aletha; Kiran, Stacey (15 November 2023). "Dozens of Labour MPs defy Keir Starmer to vote for ceasefire in Gaza". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2023.

[WW_24-2] 
Who's Who 2024
. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

[3] "Andy Slaughter". Theyworkforyou.com. Retrieved 25 February 2010.

[4] Slaughter, Andy (27 January 2009). "Andy Slaughter resigns from the Government over Heathrow expansion". Andy Slaughter. Retrieved 27 January 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] "Andy Slaughter MP". UK Parliament.

[6] Slaughter, Andy (28 June 2016). "With much regret I have resigned from the Labour Frontbench after six years as a Shadow Minister.pic.twitter.com/UNWi3vxk22".

[7] Smith, Mikey; Bloom, Dan (20 July 2016). "Which MPs are nominating Owen Smith in the Labour leadership contest?". Mirror. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[8] "Andy Slaughter MP". UK Parliament.

[9] Asthana, Anushka (29 June 2017). "Jeremy Corbyn sacks three frontbenchers after single market vote". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

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