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Portrait of Tom Rutland

Tom Rutland

Labour Sitting MP

MP for East Worthing and Shoreham · in Parliament since 4 July 2024

Parliamentary office

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Email: tom.rutland.mp@parliament.uk

Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
81.0%
511 of 631 divisions
Committee attendance
100.0%
38 meetings attended
Debate contributions
104
in the 7 year window
Written questions
30
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
2
current

Biography

Tom Rutland is the Labour MP for East Worthing and Shoreham, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
East Worthing and Shoreham4 July 2024PresentElected 1 time

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour4 July 2024Present

Voting participation

Participation rate
81.0%
Eligible divisions
631
Divisions voted
511

165th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Labour average 75.4%

Participation by year

Tom Rutland voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%2024202520262024: 94.5%94.5%2025: 84.2%84.2%2026: 72.5%72.5%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
2026236171 72.5%
2025322271 84.2%
20247369 94.5%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
59th631511 81.0%

Participation counts aye, no or teller votes in Commons divisions held while the MP sat. Absence has many legitimate causes (pairing, illness, parental leave, ministerial or Speaker duties).

Parliamentary activity

Debate contributions
104
Written questions
30
Oral questions
34
Early day motions
0
Bills sponsored
0
Petitions presented
0
Committee meetings attended
38

joint 564th of 650 current MPs (4 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Labour average 363

Written questions per year
Tom Rutland: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year0132538502024: 1120242025: 262620252026: 332026
Oral questions per year
Tom Rutland: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year051015202024: 8820242025: 121220252026: 14142026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2026 45 33 3 14 0 0 0
2025 38 30 26 12 0 0 0
2024 21 15 1 8 0 0 0

Committee memberships

Current committees

CommitteeRoleSinceMeetings attendedAttendance
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Member 26 October 2026 38 of 38 100.0%
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art Member 6 February 2025 – no published attendance

joint 1st of 515 current MPs (488 tied) · all MPs average 99.6% · Labour average 99.5%

Hansard activity

Contributions
104
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
78
distinct debates

joint 577th of 650 current MPs (3 tied) · all MPs average 552 · Labour average 425

Contributions per year
Tom Rutland: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year0132538502024: 212120242025: 383820252026: 45452026
Debates participated in per year
Tom Rutland: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year0132538502024: 151520242025: 303020252026: 33332026

Counts come from the Hansard record for the Commons and Westminster Hall within the dataset window. Individual contributions and topic analysis are not yet part of the dataset; search Hansard for the full record.

Parliamentary timeline

Generated from seat, party, role and committee records.

  1. 2024

    • – Became MP for East Worthing and Shoreham
    • – Joined Labour
    • – Joined Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

  2. 2025

    • – Joined Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art

  3. 2026

    • – Joined Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Constituency: East Worthing and Shoreham

East Worthing and Shoreham constituency boundary
Area
55.6 km²
Latest election
2024 General Election (4 July 2024)
Result
Lab Gain · majority 9,519
Electorate
74,738 · turnout 65.7%
Postcode areas
BN11, BN13, BN14, BN15, BN41, BN42, BN43, BN95, BN99

Statistics cover 7 November 2019 to 7 November 2026. Source: UK Parliament Members, Committees, Commons Votes, Hansard, Questions and Bills APIs, via the UK Politics Decoded dataset. View this MP’s raw JSON.