Tony Vaughan
Labour MP for Folkestone and Hythe, since 4 July 2024
Tony Vaughan is the Labour MP for Folkestone and Hythe, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
Scorecard
Voting record
590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.
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.
1. Employment and earnings
Payment: £649.14 All work carried out prior to July 2024
Received on: 1 July 2026. Hours: 2 hrs approximate hours worked.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 29 July 2026)
Payment: £1,444.85 All work carried out prior to 4th July 2024
Received on: 15 June 2026. Hours: 4.5 hrs hours worked is approximate.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 24 June 2026)
Payment: £1,906.77 All work carried out prior to 4th July 2024
Received on: 18 June 2026. Hours: 6 hrs hours worked is approximate.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 24 June 2026)
Payment: £286.20
Received on: 28 April 2026. Hours: 0.6 hrs for work carried out in October 2025.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 15 May 2026)
Payment: £8,723.38 All work carried out prior to 5 July 2024
Received on: 29 April 2026. Hours: 29 hrs hours worked is approximate and none since my election.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 15 May 2026)
Payment: £333.90
Received on: 24 April 2026. Hours: 0.7 hrs For work carried out on 17/09/2025.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 15 May 2026)
Payment: £8,733.87 All work carried out prior to July 2024
Received on: 9 April 2026. Hours: 29 hrs approximate hours worked.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 17 April 2026)
Payment: £1,486.04 All work carried out prior to July 2024
Received on: 26 March 2026. Hours: none since my election.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 27 March 2026)
Role, work or services: Barrister
Payer: Legal Aid Agency (Legal services provided by me to a lay client, who is assisted by the Agency.), 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ
Additional information: Any payments will be listed below.
(Registered 3 August 2024)
Role, work or services: Legal services
Payer: Garden Court Chambers (Barristers' chambers), 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ
Additional information: All payments from Garden Court Chambers are for work done before 2020, and will be listed below.
(Registered 16 December 2024)
Payment: £4,436.10
Received on: 17 February 2026. Hours: 11.5 hrs work completed between 04/07/2025 - 12/09/2025.
Ultimate payer: Confidential, Confidential
(Registered 24 February 2026)
Payment: £770.13 All work carried out prior to July 2024
Received on: 11 February 2026. Hours: 2 hrs hours worked is approximate.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 24 February 2026)
Payment: £1,131 all work carried out prior to July 2024
Received on: 7 January 2026. Hours: 3 hrs approximate.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 31 January 2026)
Payment: £2,462.56 All work carried out prior to July 2024
Received on: 17 December 2025. Hours: 8 hrs approximate hours worked.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 22 December 2025)
Payment: £9,378.39 All work completed prior to 4th July 2024
Received on: 4 November 2025. Hours: 35 hrs number of hours is approximate.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 17 November 2025)
Payment: £37.49 this payment is for work carried out prior to July 2024
Received on: 26 September 2025. Hours: 0.3 hrs estimated working time of 20 minutes.
Ultimate payer: Confidential, Confidential
(Registered 15 October 2025)
Payment: £1,431 work completed on 11/08/2025
Received on: 22 August 2025. Hours: 3 hrs.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 15 September 2025)
Role, work or services: Barrister
Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
(Registered 10 July 2024)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Research services provided for 2 days per week (value stated is maximum), value £9,945
Date received: 1 April 2026 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 1 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 1 April 2026)
Name of donor: The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Research services provided for 2 days per week, value £5,561.11
Date received: 14 January 2026 to 31 March 2026
Date accepted: 14 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 9 February 2026)
Name of donor: The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Research services provided for 2 days per week, value £20,438.89
Date received: 1 April 2025 to 13 January 2026
Date accepted: 1 April 2025
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 9 February 2026)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Ibrahim Dogus
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Food provided for a fundraising event for 57 people, value £1,254
Date received: 24 March 2026
Date accepted: 24 March 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 April 2026)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Great Britain China Centre
Address of donor: Kings Buildings, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Hotels, flights, food and transport, value £4,763
Destination of visit: China
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 29 May 2026
Purpose of visit: To engage directly with Chinese government counterparts, improve understanding and help manage a complex bilateral relationship in the UK’s national interest.
(Registered 9 June 2026)
8. Miscellaneous
Professional status as barrister with valid practicing certificate.
Date interest arose: 5 July 2024
(Registered 7 August 2024)
The same register on parliament.uk →
Debates
87 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:
- Water Sector: Public Ownership
- Hate Crime Law: Misogyny
- Iran
- Immigration and Asylum Bill
- Coastguard Volunteers: Remuneration and HMRC Guidance
- Seasonal Hospitality Businesses in Coastal Areas
- Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations
- Rail Freight
- Imprisonment of Craig and Lindsay Foreman in Iran
- Reoffending
Money declared to them
7 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £52,995 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.
| Accepted | Recipient | Donor | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 May 2026 | Tony Vaughan sitting MP | Great Britain China Centre Other | Visit | £4,763 |
| 1 Apr 2026 | Tony Vaughan sitting MP | The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy… Company | Non Cash Consultancy services | £9,945 |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Tony Vaughan sitting MP | The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy… Company | Non Cash Administration services | £5,561 |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Tony Vaughan sitting MP | The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy… Company | Non Cash Administration services | £20k |
| 5 Jan 2025 | Tony Vaughan sitting MP | Great Britain China Centre Other | Visit | £3,887 |
| 1 Jan 2025 | Tony Vaughan sitting MP | The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy… Company | Non Cash Staff costs | £3,120 |
| 14 Oct 2024 | Tony Vaughan sitting MP | The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy… Company | Non Cash Other | £5,280 |
Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →
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