Tonbridge.

Tugendhat has been most visible recently on national security grounds, using his background as a former Security Minister and vetted intelligence officer to challenge the government over Peter Mandelson's appointment as US Ambassador. In April he argued publicly that the vetting process "should have been intrusive and embarrassing," and backed the Conservative motion to refer Prime Minister Starmer to the Privileges Committee over allegations he misled Parliament on the matter. Locally, he has been active on housing infrastructure, raising in the Commons the mismatch between government targets and water supply capacity in Kent, and campaigning on town centre regeneration -- notably linked to a £20m Sainsbury's expansion in Tonbridge.

In parliament, Tugendhat votes with the Conservative line 100% of the time -- there are no rebel votes on record -- but his participation rate of 52% sits well below the Commons average. His speech activity is heavy on defence (40 contributions), economy and jobs, and local government, reflecting both his national security specialism and constituency pressures. Stance data show him firmly opposed to workers' rights legislation and new housing development, strongly pro-business, and consistently backing Lords scrutiny of government bills -- the last of which placed him on the Lords' side across multiple English Devolution Bill votes in late April.

Two deviations from his party stand out. He scores notably lower than Conservative peers on civil liberties (20% vs the party's 51%) and somewhat higher on Lords reform and climate action. He sits on no select committees. News coverage over the past 90 days spans 41 articles, with crime generating the most stories and MP-performance coverage carrying the most positive sentiment -- driven largely by his security-vetting interventions.