At a glanceTony Vaughan is a Labour MP for Folkestone and Hythe, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 467 votes in Commons divisions (81% attendance), tabled 112 written questions and registered 20 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Tony Vaughan did not vote in 108. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Justice Committee Committee since 27 Oct 2025
- Petitions Committee Committee since 28 Oct 2024
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Folkestone and Hythe Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 457 of 457 shared votes
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 455 of 455 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 448 of 448 shared votes
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Andrew Cooper
Labour
100.0% · 445 of 445 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 445 of 445 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 278 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.7% · 1 of 147 shared votes
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
1.0% · 2 of 194 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
1.1% · 3 of 268 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
1.2% · 4 of 344 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments15
- Payment received on 18 June 2026 - £1,906.77 (registered 24 Jun 2026)
- Payment received on 15 June 2026 - £1,444.85 (registered 24 Jun 2026)
- Payment received on 29 April 2026 - £8,723.38 (registered 15 May 2026)
- Payment received on 28 April 2026 - £286.20 (registered 15 May 2026)
- Payment received on 24 April 2026 - £333.90 (registered 15 May 2026)
- Payment received on 09 April 2026 - £8,733.87 (registered 17 Apr 2026)
- Payment received on 26 March 2026 - £1,486.04 (registered 27 Mar 2026)
- Payment received on 11 February 2026 - £770.13 (registered 24 Feb 2026)
- Payment received on 17 February 2026 - £4,436.10 (registered 24 Feb 2026)
- Payment received on 07 January 2026 - £1,131.00 (registered 31 Jan 2026)
- Payment received on 17 December 2025 - £2,462.56 (registered 22 Dec 2025)
- Payment received on 04 November 2025 - £9,378.39 (registered 17 Nov 2025)
- Payment received on 26 September 2025 - £37.49 (registered 15 Oct 2025)
- Payment received on 22 August 2025 - £1,431.00 (registered 15 Sep 2025)
- Payment received on 21 July 2025 - £381.60 (registered 13 Aug 2025)
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP3
- The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £9,945.00 (registered 1 Apr 2026)
- The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £5,561.11 (registered 9 Feb 2026)
- The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £20,438.89 (registered 9 Feb 2026)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- Ibrahim Dogus - £1,254.00 (registered 21 Apr 2026)
Visits outside the UK1
- International visit to China between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026 (registered 9 Jun 2026)
Written questions
Pigs: Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether an assessment has been made of the potential merits of launching a public consultation into the use of high concentration carbon dioxide for slaughtering pigs.
Answer · 20 Jul 2026
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell, Helen Maguire, on 20 May 2026 to PQ UIN 613.
Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the delivery of medical and personal hygiene items to Craig and Lindsay Foreman.
Answer · 15 Jul 2026
There is no significant update to provide the Hon Member beyond the answer I gave him on 30 June in response to Question 12428. However, I can assure him that we are continuing to raise the issues he has highlighted on a regular basis with the Iranian aut...
Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the organisation of an independent medical assessment of Craig and Lindsay Foreman.
Answer · 15 Jul 2026
There is no significant update to provide the Hon Member beyond the answer I gave him on 30 June in response to Question 12428. However, I can assure him that we are continuing to raise the issues he has highlighted on a regular basis with the Iranian aut...
Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure regular communication between Craig and Lindsay Foreman and their family in the United Kingdom.
Answer · 15 Jul 2026
There is no significant update to provide the Hon Member beyond the answer I gave him on 30 June in response to Question 12428. However, I can assure him that we are continuing to raise the issues he has highlighted on a regular basis with the Iranian aut...
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has any plans to review the eligibility criteria for the Electric Vehicle Charge Point Grant with a view to extending that grant to homeowners with off-street parking who are not currently eligible
Answer · 6 Jul 2026
The Department continues to monitor uptake of domestic charging infrastructure and the performance of grants. There are no current plans to review the eligibility of the Electric Vehicle Charge Point Grant. Grants remain available for several types of pro...
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the eligibility criteria for the Electric Vehicle Charge Point Grant on the rate of home charge point installation among owner-occupiers with off-street p
Answer · 6 Jul 2026
The Department continues to monitor uptake of domestic charging infrastructure and the performance of grants. There are no current plans to review the eligibility of the Electric Vehicle Charge Point Grant. Grants remain available for several types of pro...
Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that Craig and Lindsay Foreman secure regular telephone contact with their family in the UK.
Answer · 30 Jun 2026
We regularly raise Lindsay and Craig's case with the Iranian authorities at both ministerial and official level, and continually stress the importance we attach to their health, their welfare, and their ability to contact family members.Officials also con...
Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to work with the UK’s allies to secure the release and return of Craig and Lindsay Foreman to the UK.
Answer · 30 Jun 2026
We regularly raise Lindsay and Craig's case with the Iranian authorities at both ministerial and official level, and continually stress the importance we attach to their health, their welfare, and their ability to contact family members.Officials also con...
Early day motions
| 11 Feb 2026 | British couple detained in Iran | 70 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
15 Jul 2026 Iran
On the threats to British citizens, two British citizens are detained in Iran in Evin prison: Craig and Lindsay Foreman. They are innocent. They have been arbitrarily detained there for more than one and a half years, after a flagrantly un…
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
I completely agree. Another hon. Member referred to the importance of evidence-based policymaking. When I look at the impact assessment, it is not clear to me that the case has been made. I think it fair to say that the only evidential ba…
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
I draw attention to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I will focus in the short time that I have on part 1 of the Bill on immigration appeals reform and specifically on whether it will cut the appeals backlog.…
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
The Home Secretary refers to the “gaming of the system”, but will she clarify the basis on which she says that? Around half of Home Office initial asylum decisions are overturned on appeal, so there is a huge issue about the quality of Hom…
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
Will the Home Secretary give way on that point?
1 Jul 2026 Coastguard Volunteers: Remuneration and HMRC Guidance
I entirely agree. That is absolutely key. A coastguard officer said to me that the money they get helps to offset some of the costs, but I think this phrase sums it up: “we do not do this for the money; the money means we can do it.” …
1 Jul 2026 Coastguard Volunteers: Remuneration and HMRC Guidance
It is a privilege to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. I pay tribute to the brilliantly dedicated and inspiringly selfless coastguard rescue officers across the country, but particularly those who operate in my constituency—at Folkesto…
3 Jun 2026 Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations
While we rightly focus on the grave situation in Lebanon, the wider region is seeing an increasing pattern of British nationals being arbitrarily detained and used as leverage by countries including Iran. In light of the news that Craig an…
3 Jun 2026 Seasonal Hospitality Businesses in Coastal Areas
The data suggests that vacancy levels in hospitality remain very high. One element of the difficulties facing hospitality businesses is, in fact, skills shortages. Would the hon. Member agree that the anticipated youth mobility scheme for …
3 Jun 2026 Rail Freight
On continental freight, the hon. Member mentioned volumes coming from the European Union. In my constituency, we have so much traffic coming in and out of Eurotunnel that there is not the gauge capacity for trains to come all the way throu…
21 May 2026 Imprisonment of Craig and Lindsay Foreman in Iran
Does the Minister agree that it is precisely because of the complexity of these cases, which potentially involve numerous different Government Departments, that we need an envoy for complex consular cases, who has not just the resources, b…
21 May 2026 Imprisonment of Craig and Lindsay Foreman in Iran
Will the Minister give way on the complexity of this case?
21 May 2026 Imprisonment of Craig and Lindsay Foreman in Iran
The hon. Member is absolutely right. Contributions in this Chamber and the response to the early-day motion that I tabled some months ago— I think around 70 parliamentarians signed it, which is a good number, given that many people do not …
21 May 2026 Imprisonment of Craig and Lindsay Foreman in Iran
I thank the hon. Member for her intervention. She is right that we need to call a spade a spade here. There is no basis for these convictions and no basis for this detention—that is the hallmark of an arbitrary detention in international …
21 May 2026 Imprisonment of Craig and Lindsay Foreman in Iran
My hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. Craig and Lindsay are currently undertaking a hunger strike, which is essentially the only way they feel that they can protest against their treatment, after their phone cards were taken …
21 May 2026 Imprisonment of Craig and Lindsay Foreman in Iran
Just over 500 days ago, Lindsay and Craig Foreman, the mother and stepfather of one of my constituents, were on the trip of a lifetime: a motorcycle journey across the world. During their travels, Lindsay, who is a positive psychologist an…
19 May 2026 Energy Security
I agree with the right hon. Member that hydrogen is an important part of where we need to go, but we need to fix the fundamentals, which were not fixed during the 14 years before Labour was elected, and we need to get on with that. New …
19 May 2026 Energy Security
Interestingly, the hon. Lady has come up with no justification for continuing to be in hock to the international oil and gas markets, so my argument that that is not a good idea has been reinforced by her intervention. I want us to be e…
19 May 2026 Energy Security
For more and more UK households and businesses, the monthly energy bill is one of their largest bills, and it is increasing. That is largely due to rising international oil and gas prices, which in turn have been exacerbated by the recent …
19 May 2026 Reoffending
Reach Out and Recover Kent, a brilliant organisation that I met in Folkestone over the weekend, helps people, including ex-offenders, to recover and stay away from addiction so they can gain skills and work to reintegrate into society. How…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Tony Vaughan, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Tony Vaughan?
Tony Vaughan is a Member of Parliament representing Folkestone and Hythe in the House of Commons. See Tony Vaughan's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Tony Vaughan represent?
Tony Vaughan sits as Labour. See Tony Vaughan's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Tony Vaughan represent?
Tony Vaughan is the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe. See Tony Vaughan's official Parliament profile.
How long has Tony Vaughan been an MP?
Tony Vaughan has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Tony Vaughan's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Tony Vaughan?
Tony Vaughan has 20 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Tony Vaughan's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 27 Jul 2026.