Hammersmith & Chiswick / data
Andy Slaughter · Labour Party · sitting since 05 May 2005 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
7659days
from 05 May 2005
Divisions
464
of 504 possible
Attendance
92%
40 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
163
88 debates
Written Qs
97
92 answered
Committees
3
1 chair
Expenses
£286k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 83 claims
Interests
1
1 category
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 86 | |
| Economy | 83 | |
| Employment | 51 | |
| Crime & Policing | 45 | |
| Education | 41 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 30 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 27 | |
| Housing | 24 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Crime | 56 | 28,176 |
| Economy Jobs | 20 | 6,696 |
| Health | 7 | 6,156 |
| Fiscal Policy | 7 | 5,662 |
| Social Care | 17 | 5,167 |
| Mp Performance | 6 | 3,461 |
| Labour Market | 5 | 3,265 |
| Culture Community | 8 | 2,569 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 2026 | Knife CrimeI thank the Minister for agreeing to meet me and members of the safer knives group, which brings together experts on the type of knives most commonly used in knife crime. Does she … Crime | 69 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Prison Officers: Mandatory Body ArmourIt is a pleasure to talk about this very important matter under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I suspect there will be quite a degree of agreement across the House. The first thing t… CrimeLabour Market | 512 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Prison Officers: Mandatory Body ArmourI thank my right hon. Friend for all the work that he and other Members present do in supporting the POA and making sure that its voice is heard. It is often the case with prisons … CrimeLabour Market | 452 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)This is my last question. Given that there are many violations of international law taking place around the world, which is undermining the rules-based international order, do you … | 56 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)But there always seems to be in relation to middle east conflicts a difference between the basic principle—what the Attorney General is talking about tonight, on the rules-based or… | 91 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)I do not think you fully answered my colleague on E1. That is the crucial issue on settlements at the moment. Equally—we always bring this up at these sessions, but I make no apolo… | 66 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)It would be strange if it was no. But in that respect, do you believe that domestic authorities should exercise universal jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity and wa… | 30 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Court and Tribunal TranscriptsI almost wanted to have a bet on who would mention AI first in this debate. AI is always said to be the solution, but for once it might be. Everything that the hon. Member is sayin… Crime | 102 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)The UK has been very clear over the years, ever since UN Security Council Resolution 242, which is nearly 60 years ago now, on the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory b… | 71 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)The situation has never been worse in the west bank. Some would say that is a reaction to what we have done. | 22 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)There was one very short statement on 1 March and a clarification on 20 March in relation to the strait of Hormuz. There are 10 to a dozen countries that have been subject to hosti… | 80 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)So your Middle East Minister is right: there will be some concrete action taken. | 14 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)I will finish with this, but the common theme here is that we are very good on the principles but not so good on the practice. A good example of that would be recognising the state… | 65 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)Good afternoon, Prime Minister. Can I just mop up one or two of the international law points? We have seen very little published by the Government on the legal basis for the curren… | 125 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Courts and Tribunals BillAt her annual press conference this week, the Lady Chief Justice, Baroness Carr, said: “I have grave security concerns if there are going to be judge-alone trials.” Does the Solici… CrimeEconomy Jobs | 42 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Justice | 36 | 37.1% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 31 | 32.0% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 8 | 8.2% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 5 | 5.2% |
| Treasury | 3 | 3.1% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 3 | 3.1% |
| Cabinet Office | 3 | 3.1% |
| Ministry of Defence | 2 | 2.1% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed UK–Gulf Cooperation Council trade agreement on (a) labour standards in partner countries and (b) what step… | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to answer given to Question UIN 97116 on 5 December 2025, what discussions her officials have had with their Saudi counterparts regarding (a) th… | Pending |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March to Question UIN 113475 on Western Sahara: Self Determination of States, if will she raise with the UN Security Council that a… | Pending |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March to Question UIN 113475 on Western Sahara: Self Determination of States, whether she has received information on the expanded… | Pending |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the joint letter by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and 25 partner org… | Pending |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria her Department uses when determining whether to call for the release of individuals detained overseas for activities related to the exercise of t… | Answered |
| 20 Feb 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September to Question UIN 74747 on Western Sahara: Visits Abroad, whether the blocking of visits by (a) parliamentarians, (b) rese… | Answered |
| 20 Feb 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September to Question UIN 74744 on Western Sahara: Self Determination of States, whether she has received any information from Mor… | Answered |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of Critical Time Intervention programmes for local authorities on preventing homelessness amongst people… | Answered |
| 09 Feb 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterpart to Bahrain on (a) the protection of the rights of and (b) access to medical treatment for (i) Ebrahim Sharif,… | Answered |
| 04 Feb 2026 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has set a timeline for publication of legislation to reverse the effects of R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) v Competition Appeal Tribunal. | Answered |
| 04 Feb 2026 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take legislative steps to reverse the effects of R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and provide for the changes to apply retrospectively. | Answered |
| 03 Feb 2026 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to implement proportionate regulation of third-party litigation funding agreements in this parliament. | Answered |
| 06 Jan 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assurances the UK has received from the US authorities that UK personnel at the Civil Military Co-ordination Centre will not be assisting or participating in actions that could breach Internat… | Answered |
| 06 Jan 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assurances the UK has received from the US authorities that CMCC drone surveillance monitoring the ceasefire in Gaza will identify and record potential violations whether by Hamas, Islamic Jih… | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liaison Committee (Commons)Select | Member | Commons | 04 Dec 2024 | present |
| Justice CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 11 Sept 2024 | present |
| Justice CommitteeSelect | Chair | Commons | 11 Sept 2024 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 79 | 28,400 | 9.9% |
| Staffing | 0 | 257,728 | 90.1% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 74 | 0.0% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 4 | 4,600 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 11 | 1,801 |
| Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | Office Costs | 4 | 1,599 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 13 | 1,368 |
| Cleaning services | Office Costs | 13 | 893 |
| Parking | Office Costs | 1 | 791 |
| Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Office Costs | 12 | 788 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 5 | 776 |
| Service charge & ground Rent | Office Costs | 2 | 628 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 6 | 575 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 7 | 558 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 1 | 86 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 17 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | Rubbish disposal from constituency office | 624 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Dual Fuel | 388 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 337 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Water | 11 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 341 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Service charge & ground Rent | Constituency office service charge & ground rent 2024 | 325 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Service charge & ground Rent | Constituency office service charge & ground rent 2025 | 303 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Dual Fuel | 176 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Water | 13 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | Gmail business account (Feb 2025) | 54 | Paid |
| 25 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Vodafone bill (February 2025) | 45 | Paid |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | Constituency office cleaner (Jan 2025) | 40 | Paid |
| 01 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | Constituency office cleaner (Dec 2024) | 40 | Paid |
| 31 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | Gmail business account (Jan 2025) | 54 | Paid |
| 25 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Vodafone bill (January 2025) | 45 | Paid |
| 07 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | Constituency office cleaning ( Nov 2024) | 80 | Paid |
| 31 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Software & applications | Gmail business account (Dec 2024) | 54 | Paid |
| 25 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Vodafone bill (December 2025) | 45 | Paid |
| 23 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Pooled staffing services | Parliamentary Research Service (Labour) | 1,150 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
18 Apr 2024
Barrister (not practising)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 13 wards, 31 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addison | Jacolyn Lesley Daly | Labour Party | 1,291 | 05 May 2022 |
| Addison | Ross Melton | Labour Party | 1,195 | 05 May 2022 |
| Avonmore | David Morton | Labour Party | 1,059 | 05 May 2022 |
| Avonmore | Laura Janes | Labour Party | 1,176 | 05 May 2022 |
| Brook Green | Adam Peter Lang | Labour Party | 1,141 | 05 May 2022 |
| Brook Green | Stala Antoniades | Labour Party | 1,237 | 05 May 2022 |
| Chiswick Gunnersbury | Joanna Biddolph | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,552 | 05 May 2022 |
| Chiswick Gunnersbury | Ranjit Gill | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,382 | 05 May 2022 |
| Chiswick Gunnersbury | Ron Mushiso | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,402 | 05 May 2022 |
| Chiswick Homefields | Gerald McGregor | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,849 | 05 May 2022 |
| Chiswick Homefields | Jack Joseph Emsley | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,746 | 05 May 2022 |
| Chiswick Homefields | John Todd | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,884 | 05 May 2022 |
| Chiswick Riverside | Amy Michelle Croft | Labour Party | 1,064 | 05 May 2022 |
| Chiswick Riverside | Gabriella Giles | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,105 | 05 May 2022 |
| Chiswick Riverside | Peter Thompson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,087 | 05 May 2022 |
| Coningham | Lisa Faith Homan | Labour Party | 1,529 | 05 May 2022 |
| Coningham | Rory John Vaughan | Labour Party | 1,247 | 05 May 2022 |
| Coningham | Rowan Morgan Ree | Labour Party | 1,305 | 05 May 2022 |
| Grove | Helen Ruth Rowbottom | Labour Party | 1,372 | 05 May 2022 |
| Grove | Stephen Cowan | Labour Party | 1,412 | 05 May 2022 |
| Hammersmith Broadway | Emma Apthorp | Labour Party | 1,198 | 05 May 2022 |
| Hammersmith Broadway | Patricia Catherine Mary Quigley | Labour Party | 1,108 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ravenscourt | Liz Collins | Labour Party | 1,262 | 05 May 2022 |
| Ravenscourt | Patrick Joseph Walsh | Labour Party | 1,088 | 05 May 2022 |
| Shepherds Bush Green | Mercy Chinyere Umeh | Labour Party | 784 | 05 May 2022 |
| Shepherds Bush Green | Zarar Qayyum | Labour Party | 781 | 05 May 2022 |
| Wendell Park | Asif Siddique | Labour Party | 1,305 | 05 May 2022 |
| Wendell Park | Rebecca Marie Harvey | Labour Party | 1,511 | 05 May 2022 |
| White City | Andrew Malcolm Jones | Labour Party | 1,396 | 05 May 2022 |
| White City | Frances Umeh | Labour Party | 1,262 | 05 May 2022 |
| White City | Natalia Perez | Labour Party | 1,388 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 113,885 | Electorate 75,860 (2024) |
| Median age | 36 | years |
| Degree-educated | 58.0% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 63.2% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 37.0% | households |
| Private-rented | 35.8% | households |
| Social-rented | 27.0% | households |
| Employment rate | 63.0% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.