Official portrait of Tom Rutland

Tom Rutland

Labour MP for East Worthing and Shoreham, since 4 July 2024

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

Scorecard

82.4% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
474 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
101 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
6 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
69 Debates spoken in 27 written questions tabled

Ranked 134 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 Aye 277–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 Aye 278–73
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 Aye 281–70
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 Aye 356–90
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 Aye 301–157
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 Aye 300–101
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Aye 291–174
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Aye 299–169
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 307–176
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Aye 290–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye 292–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 Aye 300–149
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 286–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 295–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 291–158
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence No 98–306
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas No 108–297
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Aye 278–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye 281–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 280–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 279–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 280–161
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans No vote 88–266
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty No 103–259
18 Mar 2026 Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 277–99

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Lawn Tennis Association
Address of donor: The National Tennis Centre, 100 Priory Lane, Roehampton, London SW15 5JQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality to the HSBC Championships, value £730
Date received: 14 June 2026
Date accepted: 14 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07459469
(Registered 9 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: Ticketmaster UK Limited
Address of donor: 30 St. John Street, London EC1M 4AY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to concert and tour of Co-op Live venue, including hospitality (£169 per ticket £338 total), one train ticket (£114.00) and one hotel room (£211.90), value £663.90
Date received: 8 October 2025
Date accepted: 8 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 02662632
(Registered 4 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

Name of donor: GMB Trade Union
Address of donor: Mary Turner House, 22 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 4 nights of accommodation at Labour Party Conference, value £1,800
Date received: 20 September 2025 to 24 September 2025
Date accepted: 20 September 2025
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 7 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

Name of donor: BBC
Address of donor: Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to Wimbledon (value: £120 each), value £240
Date received: 3 July 2025
Date accepted: 3 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration RC000057
(Registered 21 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

Name of donor: BBC
Address of donor: Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to BBC Proms (£121.50 each), value £243
Date received: 11 September 2024
Date accepted: 11 September 2024
Donor status: company, registration RC000057
(Registered 21 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Unpaid director of [redacted] Management Company, a property management company.
Date interest ended: 30 June 2026
(Registered 30 July 2024; updated 9 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

69 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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