Tim Loughton

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name = Tim Loughton
honorific-suffix = MP


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constituency_MP = East Worthing and Shoreham
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term_start = 1 May 1997
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majority = 8,183 (18.4%)
predecessor = "new constituency"
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birth_place = Eastbourne, East Sussex
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nationality = British
spouse = Elizabeth Juliet MacLauchlan
party = Conservative
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alma_mater = University of Warwick, Clare College, Cambridge
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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.

Early life

Born in Eastbourne, East Sussex, he went to the comprehensive Priory School in Lewes. Loughton was educated at Warwick, and was secretary of the University of Warwick Conservative Association, gaining a First Class BA in [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/depta2z/classics/q820/ Classical Civilisation] in 1983. At Clare College, Cambridge, he researched Mesopotamian Archaeology from 1983-4. He then followed a career in the City of London as a fund manager from 1984 for Fleming Private Asset Management, becoming Director from 1992-2000.

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 is currently the Shadow Children’s Minister and a Shadow Health Minister.

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Juliet MacLauchlan in 1992 and they have a son and two daughters.

External links

* [http://www.timloughton.com Tim Loughton's Website]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/tim_loughton/east_worthing_and_shoreham They Work For You] How this MP votes
* [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Tim_Loughton&mpc=East+Worthing+%26amp%3B+Shoreham Publicwhip] More on this MP's voting record.
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-3203,00.html Guardian Unlimited - Ask Aristotle] Profile of Tim Loughton
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/649.stm BBC Politics page]
* [http://www.adur.gov.uk/mp/index.htm Adur District Council MP page]