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      • Thomas William Rutland (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.


      Early life and education


      Rutland was born in February 1992. 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. He was Junior Common Room president at Jesus College and subsequently president of Oxford University Student Union from 2013 to 2014.


      Early career


      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. From 2015 to 2016, he was an analyst at Deloitte. 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. He has worked as a press officer for the Financial Conduct Authority, and the Prospect trade union. He left Prospect in July 2024, having been elected an MP.


      Political career


      Rutland was a councillor for Streatham Common and Vale ward on Lambeth London Borough Council from 2022 to 2024. When he resigned to concentrate on becoming an MP, local website Brixton Buzz accused him of being an absentee councillor, saying that "he attracted criticism from local residents after failing to show up for his local surgeries in Lambeth."
      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. On 28 October 2024, he made his maiden speech in the House of Commons during a debate on Remembrance and Veterans.


      Personal life


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


      References




      External links



      Official website
      Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
      Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
      Voting record at Public Whip
      Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
      Tom Rutland on Twitter
      Tom Rutland on Facebook
      Tom Rutland on Instagram

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