About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Tom Rutland) represents you, and all of the people who live in East Worthing and Shoreham, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Profile

Labour MP for East Worthing and Shoreham

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Business and Trade
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Home Office
• Energy: Prices
• Imports: Standards
• Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses
• Planning: Environment Protection
• Civil Servants: Recruitment

Currently held offices

• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (since 6 Feb 2025)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Tim Loughton

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses 11 Jun 2025

  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.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Buildings: Safety 10 Jun 2025

  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.

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Rivers: Sewage 6 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect chalk streams from untreated sewage.

More of Tom Rutland’s recent appearances

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