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Tom Rutland
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for East Worthing and Shoreham
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byTim Loughton
Majority9,519 (19.4%)
Member of Lambeth London Borough Council for Streatham Common and Vale
In office
5 May 2022 – 2 May 2024
Personal details
Born
February 1992 (age 32)
Political partyLabour
Alma materJesus College, Oxford (PPE)
WebsiteOfficial website

Thomas William Rutland[1] (born February 1992) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for East Worthing and Shoreham since July 2024.[2]

Early life and education

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Rutland was born in February 1992.[3] He was educated at The Skinners' School, an all-boys grammar school in Tunbridge Wells. He read philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE) at Jesus College, Oxford between 2010 and 2013, graduating with an upper second class honours degree.[4][5] He was Junior Common Room president at Jesus College and subsequently president of Oxford University Student Union from 2013 to 2014.[6][7]

Early career

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After university, Rutland worked on Tessa Jowell's unsuccessful 2015 campaign to be chosen as Labour's candidate for Mayor of London and then as a parliamentary researcher for Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis, a Labour member of the House of Lords.[8] From 2015 to 2016, he was an analyst at Deloitte.[9] He then worked as an executive support officer at Tower Hamlets London Borough Council from 2016 to 2017, an as a public affairs officer at Imperial College London from 2017 to 2019.[9][10] He has worked as a press officer for the Financial Conduct Authority, and the Prospect trade union.[11] He left Prospect in July 2024, having been elected an MP.[12]

Political career

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Rutland was a councillor for Streatham Common and Vale ward on Lambeth London Borough Council from 2022 to 2024.[13] When he resigned to concentrate on becoming an MP, local website Brixton Buzz accused him of being an absentee councillor, saying that "he attracted criticism from local residents after failing to show up for his local surgeries in Lambeth."[14]

In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Rutland was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for East Worthing and Shoreham with 22,120 votes (45.1%) and a majority of 9,519 over the second place Conservative candidate.[15] On 28 October 2024, he made his maiden speech in the House of Commons during a debate on Remembrance and Veterans.[16]

Rutland was elected as a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on 21st October 2024.[17]

Personal life

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Rutland is gay,[18] and this led to his interest in politics as a teenager.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
  2. ^ Helm, Toby; Tapper, James (30 June 2024). "'People assume we will win by an absolute mile': Labour fears voter complacency". The Observer. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Thomas William RUTLAND". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Former Jesus College students become new MPs". Jesus College, Oxford. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Tom Rutland". LinkedIn. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  6. ^ "The OUSU Team: Tom Rutland". Cherwell]. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  7. ^ "It's not all Harry Potter and football for students' union". Oxford Mail. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  8. ^ Neame, Katie (27 October 2022). "Six make longlist in Wycombe parliamentary candidate selection". LabourList. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Rutland, Tom, MP (Lab) East Worthing and Shoreham, since 2024". Who's Who 2025. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  10. ^ Salhotra, Martha (25 February 2019). "Tom Rutland, Public Affairs Officer, Communications and Public Affairs". Imperial people. Imperial College London. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  11. ^ Tom Rutland on LinkedIn
  12. ^ "Register of Interests for Tom Rutland". members.parliament.uk. UK Parliament. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  13. ^ Lambeth Labour Party profile
  14. ^ Cobb, Jason (2024-03-22). "AWOL Labour Cllr Tom Rutland finally resigns from Lambeth Council to concentrate on becoming the next MP for East Shoreham and Worthing". Retrieved 2024-11-05.
  15. ^ "East Worthing and Shoreham - General election results 2024". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  16. ^ a b Tom Rutland (28 October 2024). "Remembrance and Veterans". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 755. United Kingdom: House of Commons. col. 605–607. I think everyone in this place had that moment when they switched on to politics and realised the difference that it could make. For me, it was realising as a teenager that I was gay
  17. ^ "Contact information for Tom Rutland - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  18. ^ "Imperial 600: Tom Rutland". Imperial College London. 2019. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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