Tim Loughton

Tim Loughton
Official portrait, 2020
Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee
Acting
1 December 2021 – 15 December 2021
Preceded byYvette Cooper
Succeeded byDiana Johnson
Acting
6 September 2016 – 19 October 2016
Preceded byKeith Vaz
Succeeded byYvette Cooper
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families
In office
13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
Succeeded byEdward Timpson
Member of Parliament
for East Worthing and Shoreham
In office
1 May 1997 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byTom Rutland
Personal details
Born (1962-05-30) 30 May 1962 (age 62)
Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Political partyConservative
SpouseElizabeth Juliet MacLauchlan
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Warwick
Clare College, Cambridge

Timothy Paul Loughton, FSA (/ˈlɔːtən/ LAW-tən; born 30 May 1962) is a British politician and former banker who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Worthing and Shoreham from 1997 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families from 2010 to 2012 and has twice served as the Acting Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee in 2016 and 2021, following the respective resignations of Keith Vaz and Yvette Cooper.

In April 2024, Loughton announced that he would not seek re-election as an MP at the 2024 general election.[1][2]

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