Editing Andy Slaughter (section)

==Parliamentary career==
He stood at the [[1997 Uxbridge by-election|Uxbridge by-election]] in July 1997, following the unexpected death seven days after the [[United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]] of incumbent Sir [[Michael Shersby]]. The seat, which had a small Conservative majority, was held for the Conservatives by [[John Randall (UK politician)|John Randall]].

At the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]], Slaughter was elected as the member of parliament for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush in London, retaining the seat for Labour following the retirement of his predecessor, [[Clive Soley]].

Slaughter is currently a member of the Justice Select Committee. He was a member of the [[Communities and Local Government]] Select Committee in 2009–10 and in 2010 of the [[London Regional Select Committee]] and Joint Committee on Human Rights. Previously he was member of the [[Regulatory Reform Select Committee]] (2005–07) and [[Children, Schools and Families Select Committee]] (2007–09).{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

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.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Slaughter has campaigned against [[Heathrow]] expansion.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

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

===In government===
He was appointed [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] (PPS) to [[Stephen Ladyman]] MP, Minister of State for the [[Department for Transport]] and served from November 2005 to June 2007. In June 2007, he was appointed PPS to [[Lord Malloch-Brown]], [[Minister of State]] at the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], and also served as PPS to [[Lord Digby Jones]], Minister of State at the [[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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://iwc2.labouronline.org/166818/andy_resigns_heathrow |title=Andy Slaughter resigns from the Government over Heathrow expansion |author=Slaughter, Andy |date=27 January 2009 |access-date=27 January 2009 |publisher=Andy Slaughter }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===In opposition===
In October 2010, Slaughter was invited to join the Labour frontbench as [[Official Opposition (United Kingdom)|Shadow]] [[Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)|Justice Minister]].<ref name="Andy Slaughter MP">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andy-slaughter/1516|title=Andy Slaughter MP|website=UK Parliament}}</ref> Slaughter served as the lead shadow minister opposing the [[Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012]] and the Justice and Security Act 2012. He resigned in June 2016, citing concerns over [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s leadership.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/hammersmithandy/status/747710072743206913|title=With much regret I have resigned from the Labour Frontbench after six years as a Shadow Minister.pic.twitter.com/UNWi3vxk22|first=Andy|last=Slaughter|date=28 June 2016}}</ref> He supported [[Owen Smith]] in the [[2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election|2016 Labour Party leadership election]].{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Slaughter was appointed as Shadow Minister for Housing in October 2016;<ref name="Andy Slaughter MP"/> however he was sacked from the frontbench in June 2017 after he voted in favour of an amendment to the [[Queen's Speech]] which called on the UK to remain in the [[European Single Market]], in defiance of the Labour [[Whip (politics)|whip]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/29/jeremy-corbyn-sacks-three-frontbenchers-after-single-market-vote |title=Jeremy Corbyn sacks three frontbenchers after single market vote |last=Asthana |first=Anushka |author-link=Anushka Asthana|date=29 June 2017|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=29 June 2017}}</ref>

In the [[November 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle]], he became the new [[Shadow Solicitor General]].

On 15 November 2023, Slaughter voted for an [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] amendment to the King's Speech, demanding an immediate ceasefire in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]], contrary to the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]'s official stance to support [[HM Government]] line on the [[Gaza war]]. He was dismissed by Sir [[Keir Starmer]] from his position as [[Shadow Solicitor General]].<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Adu, Aletha |author2=Kiran, Stacey |date=15 November 2023 |title=Dozens of Labour MPs defy Keir Starmer to vote for ceasefire in Gaza |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/15/commons-gaza-vote-labour-defy-starmer-ceasefire-israel |journal=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=2023-11-15}}</ref>