Political and Community Activity
In 1983 he joined the Fulham Labour Party, becoming a Hammersmith and Fulham councillor for Gibbs Green ward in 1986, and from 2002 he was councillor for the North End ward in West Kensington. He held his seat as a member of the council for 20 years, being elected Deputy Leader in 1991 and leader in 1996. He stepped down from this role in 2005. Slaughter was one of the first executive mayors in the country, but reverted to the title of council leader when the government's initiative failed to become law.
He is an enthusiastic champion of local causes, having served for twenty years as a director of Broadway, the charity for the single homeless, and on the board of Hammersmith & Fulham Community Law Centre. He is a governor of William Morris Sixth Form in Baron’s Court, a school which he helped to establish in 1994.
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