Tim Loughton

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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.

Born in Eastbourne, East Sussex, Loughton was educated at Warwick and Cambridge Universities, where he studied Classical Civilisation and Mesopotamian Archaeology, and was Secretary of the University of Warwick Conservative Association. He then followed a career in the City of London as a fund manager.

Loughton's first attempt at election to the House of Commons in the 1992 general election, when he stood against 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.

He is married to Elizabeth and they have a son and two daughters.