Tom Rutland MP: votes, interests and costs
Tom Rutland (Labour) is the MP for East Worthing and Shoreham, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
Tom Rutland sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 6 February 2025 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | 21 October 2024 | 27 October 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 bc223230ab7a.
Register of interests
Tom Rutland has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 30 July 2024 and the latest on 15 September 2026. By category: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (4), Miscellaneous (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Google UK Ltd - £538.50
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Overnight stay and hospitality at Ditchley Park as part of the AI Parliamentary Scheme by Social Market Foundation, in partnership with Google
- Value of the benefit: £538.50
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-09-02
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-09-02
- Name of the donor: Google UK Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Google UK Ltd
Lawn Tennis Association - £730.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets and hospitality to the HSBC Championships
- Value of the benefit: £730.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-14
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-14
- Name of the donor: Lawn Tennis Association
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Lawn Tennis Association
Ticketmaster UK Limited - £663.90
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: 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 of the benefit: £663.90
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-10-08
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-10-08
- Name of the donor: Ticketmaster UK Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Ticketmaster UK Limited
GMB Trade Union - £1,800.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: 4 nights of accommodation at Labour Party Conference
- Value of the benefit: £1,800.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-09-20
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-09-20
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-09-24
- Name of the donor: GMB Trade Union
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
Unpaid director of [redacted] Management Company, a property management company.
- Date on which the interest ended: 2026-06-30
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Tom Rutland's 2024-25 staffing spend as £180,160 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £26,088 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £180,159.67 |
| Office costs: spent | £26,087.70 |
| Accommodation: spent | £14,132.60 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £3,384.60 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £976.20 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £14,750 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property outside the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: East Worthing and Shoreham CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time), Senior Caseworker ×2 (casual), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (permanent part time), Administrative Officer/Comms Officer (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Support Officer (fixed term part time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term part time), Chief of Staff (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Tom Rutland voted in the House of Commons: 500 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 42 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 21 October 2026 Tom Rutland voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 25 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 29 written questions have been tabled by Tom Rutland, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education, Department for Transport and 4 other departments.
Pensions Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress the Pensions Commission has made on its work.
Higher Education: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help older people access financial support for higher education.
Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to (a) encourage and (b) enable drivers who may be unable to afford a new car to switch to (a) electric vehicles and (a) more electric environmentally friendly cars.
Active Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to promote walking and cycling.
Tyres: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that car tyres which are exported to be recycled (a) arrive at the intended destination, (b) are not used in illegal pyrolysis and (c) are proces …
Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the future employment of people undergoing physicians associate and anaesthesia associate training, following the publication of The Leng Review.
Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Independent report entitled The Leng review: an independent review into physician associate and anaesthesia associate professions, published on 16 July 2025, what steps is his …
British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the length of the visa waivers for UK citizens visiting the EU.
Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses
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.
Buildings: Safety
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.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 82994acc8e73. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Tom Rutland.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 9,519 for Tom Rutland in East Worthing and Shoreham in July 2024, from 22,120 votes on a turnout of 65.7%. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · East Worthing and Shoreham figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.