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Tim Loughton is a former MP for East Worthing and Shoreham.

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Former Conservative MP for East Worthing and Shoreham

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @timloughton
• https://facebook.com/TimLoughtonEWAS

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Tim Loughton campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Children
• Schools and Families
• Home Department
• Education and Skills
• Department for Education
• Mental Health
• Children: Protection
• Special Educational Needs
• Adoption
• Children in Care

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee ( 5 Jan 2022 to 12 Jan 2022)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee ( 3 Nov 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (17 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Member, Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee) (20 Jul 2004 to 11 Jul 2005)
• Shadow Minister (Children) ( 1 Jul 2003 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Health) ( 1 Jul 2001 to 1 Jul 2003)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Transport and the Regions) ( 1 Jul 2000 to 1 Jul 2001)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (12 Nov 1997 to 5 Nov 2001)

Future MPs in this constituency

• Tom Rutland

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (13 out of 13)
• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Children and Young Persons Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Mental Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• Childcare Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Children and Adoption Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Children Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Homelessness Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Adoption and Children Bill Committee (22 out of 23)
• Homes Bill Committee (11 out of 12)

Recent appearances

• Valedictory Debate 24 May 2024

  It is a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Wimbledon (Stephen Hammond) , who had been my good friend for many years before he became my hon. Friend. We had a long-standing shared interest in his wife—[Laughter.] That is perhaps not the appropriate thing to say, given that his daughter and my goddaughter are in the Gallery, but we have been chums for a long time. I have...

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fisheries: Regulation 17 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what date the Hand Gathering (Restrictions and Permitting) Bylaw 2021 will be approved.

More of Tim Loughton’s recent appearances