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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 32–33)
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]

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.[14] On 28 October 2024, he made his maiden speech in the House of Commons during a debate on Remembrance and Veterans.[15]

Rutland was elected as a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on 21st October 2024.[16]

Personal life

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Rutland is gay,[17] and this led to his interest in politics as a teenager.[15]

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. ^ "East Worthing and Shoreham - General election results 2024". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  15. ^ 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
  16. ^ "Contact information for Tom Rutland - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  17. ^ "Imperial 600: Tom Rutland". Imperial College London. 2019. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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