East Worthing and Shoreham.

A near-perfect party-line voter, Tom Rutland broke with Labour just once -- opposing a Ten Minute Rule Motion in December 2024 on replacing first-past-the-post with proportional representation, putting him to the right of the Liberal Democrats and many Labour reformers on electoral reform. Otherwise, he has voted with the government on every contentious recent division, including blocking the opposition's attempt to refer Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee and backing the government's repeated efforts to override Lords amendments on the Pension Schemes Bill. His stance profile flags notable gaps from party norms: he votes less often than most Labour MPs in favour of pension protection, disability benefits, and assisted dying safeguards.

At 83% voting participation -- slightly below the Commons average -- Rutland is an active but not exceptional attender. He has made 78 contributions across 58 debates, focusing heavily on the economy and jobs, defence, social care, health, and cost of living. His 99.8% party alignment makes him one of Labour's most loyal MPs; he deviates from the whip only at the margins. His stance scores show strong alignment with progressive taxation and housing development, but low scores on pro-business and pro-parliamentary scrutiny measures, suggesting he broadly supports government executive power over both market and parliamentary checks.

Local coverage tells a more active story. Rutland has secured £4 million in flood defence funding for Adur and Worthing, joined a campaign over a dangerous school crossing, and championed the restoration of Worthing Lido -- all generating positive constituency press in early 2026. He holds no committee roles. Speech data and voting records are available from his election in July 2024; news sentiment data covers the past 90 days.