Tim Loughton
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| Tim Loughton MP | |
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| Member of Parliament for East Worthing and Shoreham |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Majority | 11,105 (22.9%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 May 1962 Eastbourne, East Sussex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Juliet MacLauchlan |
| Alma mater | University of Warwick; Clare College, Cambridge |
| Profession | Securities Fund Manager |
| Religion | Christian |
Timothy Paul Loughton (born 30 May 1962) is a British Conservative Party politician, and has been Member of Parliament (MP) for East Worthing and Shoreham since the 1997 general election. Loughton is currently Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families.
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[edit] Education
Born in the south coast town of Eastbourne in East Sussex, Loughton was educated at Priory School, a state comprehensive school in Lewes in East Sussex, followed by the University of Warwick (where he was secretary of the University of Warwick Conservative Association), gaining a First Class BA in Classical Civilisation in 1983. This was followed by Clare College at the University of Cambridge, where he researched Mesopotamian Archaeology from 1983-4.
[edit] Life and career
Loughton followed a career in the City of London as a fund manager from 1984 for Fleming Private Asset Management, becoming Director from 1992-2000.
Registrable shareholdings b) JP Morgan Chase; US investment bank. Register last updated: 3 May 2011.
[edit] Parliamentary career
Loughton's first attempt at election to the House of Commons in the 1992 general election, when he stood against David Blunkett in the Sheffield Brightside constituency. Although unsuccessful, he was chosen in 1995 by the local party board as a candidate for his current constituency, then newly formed.
Loughton gained 43.9% of the vote in the 2005 general election, increasing his majority to 8183. He finished the parliament as Shadow Minister for Children.
In the 2010 General Election he got 48.5% of the vote with a majority of 11,105.[1] On 13th May 2010 he was appointed as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families.
His Voting record includes voting against a smoking ban, equal gay rights, the hunting ban and removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, he has also voted for stricter asylum system and has never voted on a transparent Parliament.
Andrew Roth of the Guardian newspaper said of him "assiduous debater, although specialist opponents can consider his viewpoints complete and utter rubbish".
During Prime Minister's Questions on 13 July 2011, the Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow told Loughton - following considerably loud cheers from the government benches and loud jeers from the opposition benches - that if he couldn't behave like an adult, then he ought to leave the Chamber. Bercow then went on rebuke Loughton after he apparently described the behaviour in the commons as "funny" claiming "Only in your mind Mr. Loughton is it funny. It's not funny at all, it's disgraceful."[2]
As of 6 February 2012 Loughton is part of a ministerial working group together with Sarah Teather and justice minister Jonathan Djanogly that has been asked to come up with proposals within two months on how the law should be changed regarding how to amend the Children's Act of 1989. According to The Guardian newspaper 3 February 2012 that working group is aimed to include in the new Childrens Act one "presumption of shared parenting" for childrens fathers and mothers after cases of divorce or spousal break up. [3]
[edit] Personal life
He married Elizabeth Juliet MacLauchlan in 1992, and they have a son and two daughters.
[edit] References
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b54.stm
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14139499
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/feb/03/divorced-fathers-children-custody-access?fb=optOut
[edit] External links
- Tim Loughton's Website
- They Work For You How this MP votes
- Publicwhip More on this MP's voting record.
- Guardian Unlimited - Ask Aristotle Profile of Tim Loughton
- BBC Politics page
- Adur District Council MP page
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by (new constituency) |
Member of Parliament for East Worthing and Shoreham 1997–present |
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