At a glanceTom Rutland is a Labour MP for East Worthing and Shoreham, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 474 votes in Commons divisions (82% attendance), tabled 27 written questions and registered 6 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Tom Rutland did not vote in 101. 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
- Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art Committee since 6 Feb 2025
- East Worthing and Shoreham Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 464 of 464 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 461 of 461 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 459 of 459 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 452 of 452 shared votes
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Sir Mark Tami
Labour
100.0% · 451 of 451 shared votes
Votes least like
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.6% · 2 of 326 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 267 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.7% · 1 of 147 shared votes
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Saqib Bhatti
Conservative
0.9% · 3 of 319 shared votes
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.9% · 2 of 216 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.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources5
- Lawn Tennis Association - £730.00 (registered 9 Jul 2026)
- Ticketmaster UK Limited - £663.90 (registered 4 Nov 2025)
- GMB Trade Union - £1,800.00 (registered 7 Oct 2025)
- BBC - £240.00 (registered 21 Jul 2025)
- BBC - £243.00 (registered 21 Jul 2025)
Miscellaneous1
- Unpaid director of [redacted] Management Company, a property management company. (registered 30 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to (a) encourage and (b) enable drivers who may be unable to afford a new car to switch to (a) electric vehicles and (a) more electric environmentally friendly cars.
Answer · 18 Nov 2025
The Government is committed to ensuring that the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is accessible to everyone. Many EVs on the second-hand market are now priced similarly to comparable petrol and diesel cars. Industry data on used vehicle transactions ...
Active Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to promote walking and cycling.
Answer · 11 Sep 2025
Walking, wheeling, and cycling are convenient, sustainable ways to travel—and this government is committed to making them safe and accessible for everyone.To support this, we’re allocating £616 million in capital funding over the next four years to help l...
Tyres: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that car tyres which are exported to be recycled (a) arrive at the intended destination, (b) are not used in illegal pyrolysis and (c) are proces
Answer · 3 Sep 2025
The Environment Agency (EA) has recently completed a review into its approach for regulating the export of waste tyres. As a result of this, the EA will launch enhanced verification checks for all waste tyres exported to India to ensure they are handled i...
Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the future employment of people undergoing physicians associate and anaesthesia associate training, following the publication of The Leng Review.
Answer · 1 Sep 2025
The principal question of the Leng Review was to assess whether the roles of physician associate and anaesthesia associate, now to be known as physician assistants and physician assistants in anaesthesia, are safe and effective. The review’s findings were...
Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Independent report entitled The Leng review: an independent review into physician associate and anaesthesia associate professions, published on 16 July 2025, what steps is his
Answer · 1 Sep 2025
The principal question of the Leng Review was to assess whether the roles of physician associate and anaesthesia associate, now to be known as physician assistants and physician assistants in anaesthesia, are safe and effective. The review’s findings were...
British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the length of the visa waivers for UK citizens visiting the EU.
Answer · 23 Jun 2025
HMG officials and Ministers regularly engage the EU and EU Member State counterparts on a range of issues affecting UK nationals. The UK and the EU allow for visa-free, short-term travel in line with their respective arrangements for third country nationa...
Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Food Standard Agency’s official control charges on the viability of small and medium-sized abattoirs.
Answer · 11 Jun 2025
Information on the 2025/26 charge rates for official controls, inspections, conducted in meat premises is available on the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) website, at the following link:https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/charges-for-controls-in-meat-...
Buildings: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Building Safety Regulator is reviewing proposals for new schemes in a timely fashion.
Answer · 10 Jun 2025
We recognise that there are delays to the Gateways process and that processing times need to improve. MHCLG officials continue to work closely with the BSR to understand their resource requirements, technical capacity and how processes can be improved. Th...
Speeches in the chamber
9 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
T3. I welcome the waste carrier, broker and dealer reforms, which will replace the outdated registration system with a more robust permit-based regime, introduce stronger background checks, and give regulators greater powers to tackle w…
6 Jul 2026 Civil Service Pensions
Too many of my constituents are seeing delays to receiving their civil service pensions because of Capita’s failures. In some cases, it is causing serious hardship, and I am doing all I can to assist people to access their hard-earned pens…
6 Jul 2026 Police Leadership Commission Report
I thank the Minister for her statement and my local police officers for their work. Trust in policing is essential, but that trust and confidence has been tested too many times in recent years. Does the Minister agree that strong ethical l…
6 Jul 2026 Foreign Interference in UK Politics
I thank the Minister for her statement and Philip Rycroft for his work. This issue is something that my constituents care about, because they want to know that their vote is their own and is not for sale to the highest bidder from overseas…
6 Jul 2026 Rochdale Grooming Gang: Offender Deportation
My thoughts are with the victims and survivors of Shabir Ahmed and the Rochdale grooming gang. The Minister has always been clear that removing foreign national offenders is a priority for him, the Home Secretary and this Government. Will …
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
T9. The number of young people not in employment, education or training should concern us all, so I was delighted to see the announcement earlier this month of a new youth hub for Adur. Can the Secretary of State set out how it will set…
18 Jun 2026 Education and Engagement Outreach Team
The parliamentary education outreach service plays a vital role in delivering in-person democratic engagement workshops in schools across the country, especially those that are disadvantaged and harder to reach, by engaging them in the wor…
18 Jun 2026 Education and Engagement Outreach Team
6. Whether the Commission has made an assessment of the potential impact of closure of the Education and Engagement Outreach Team on schools.
15 Jun 2026 Brain Cancer
This is an issue close to my heart, because I lost both a friend and a mentor in the late, great Tessa Jowell to this dreadful disease. Brain cancer has also impacted many of my constituents and their families, including Lorna, who is c…
8 Jun 2026 Progression of Bills through Parliament
I thank my constituency neighbour for giving way. Many of my constituents have been deeply upset by the way a small number of peers blocked the passage of the assisted dying Bill, despite the broad support from the public and from a majori…
4 Jun 2026 Access to Nature
I thank the Minister for her answer and her kind words. The recently inaugurated King Charles III England coast path winds its way through my constituency, passing Lancing’s wonderful Widewater lagoon nature reserve, which I worked with th…
4 Jun 2026 Access to Nature
8. What steps she is taking to improve access to nature.
2 Jun 2026 Murder of Henry Nowak
I thank my right hon. Friend for her statement. I offer my condolences to Henry Nowak’s family, who have been through an appalling ordeal. What assurances can my right hon. Friend provide that Henry’s family’s concerns about the initial po…
28 Apr 2026 Topical Questions
T8. The Chancellor will have seen the news this morning that BP’s profits have more than doubled, undoubtedly driven by the conflict in the middle east. Does she agree that this shows the value of having a windfall tax at this point in …
27 Apr 2026 Disabled People: Benefits Reassessments
Thanks to grant funding from DWP, my local Labour councils in Adur and Worthing are joining the Connect to Work programme, helping local people get into good local jobs. But for young people, including those with disabilities, being not in…
27 Apr 2026 Disabled People: Benefits Reassessments
21. What steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled people are able to try work without automatically triggering a benefits reassessment.
14 Apr 2026 NHS Waiting Lists
Waiting lists at my local acute trust are down by more than 20,000 since the general election, which I welcome, but musculoskeletal waits remain a challenge in Sussex, with the Sussex MSK service holding about 10% of NHS England’s overall …
14 Apr 2026 NHS Waiting Lists
10. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people waiting for NHS treatment.
25 Mar 2026 Public Baths and Lidos
Worthing lido recently celebrated its centenary. It is a symbol of our wonderful seaside town’s history, but it has been unloved for some time. I am delighted to be working with my hon. Friend the Member for Worthing West (Dr Cooper), Wort…
12 Mar 2026 Business of the House
The Labour Government have given Conservative-run West Sussex county council £27 million to get our roads in shape, but across my constituency there are dangerous potholes that the council refuses to fill, and roads in desperate need of re…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Culture, Media and Sport Committee 21 Oct 2024 – 27 Oct 2025
Expenses
Contact & offices
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Tom Rutland, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Tom Rutland?
Tom Rutland is a Member of Parliament representing East Worthing and Shoreham in the House of Commons. See Tom Rutland's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Tom Rutland represent?
Tom Rutland sits as Labour. See Tom Rutland's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Tom Rutland represent?
Tom Rutland is the Member of Parliament for East Worthing and Shoreham. See Tom Rutland's official Parliament profile.
How long has Tom Rutland been an MP?
Tom Rutland has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Tom Rutland's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Tom Rutland?
Tom Rutland has 6 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Tom Rutland's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.