Editing Andy Slaughter (section)

===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>