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Tony Vaughan

Labour Folkestone and Hythe

Voting record

4
Voted for
0
Voted against
5
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Tony Vaughan’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

150 bills currently going through Parliament. Tony Vaughan has a recorded vote on 6 of them so far.

Highways (Financing) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report stage — Commons Aye at 2nd reading
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill Committee stage — Commons no recorded vote yet
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee of the whole House — Commons didn't vote at 2nd reading
Sporting Events Bill [HL] Committee stage — Commons no recorded vote yet
Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee stage — Commons didn't vote at 2nd reading
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Report stage — Lords no recorded vote yet
Armed Forces Bill Report stage — Lords no recorded vote yet
Representation of the People Bill Committee stage — Lords didn't vote at 3rd reading
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Committee stage — Lords no recorded vote yet
Railways Bill Committee stage — Lords Aye at 2nd reading; didn't vote at 3rd reading
Emergency and Life-saving Skills (Schools) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL] Committee stage — Commons no recorded vote yet
Social Housing Bill [HL] Committee stage — Commons no recorded vote yet
British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Health Bill 2nd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
Sovereign Grant Bill 2nd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Amendment) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
BBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for Over-75s) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL] 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Commercial Payments Bill [HL] 3rd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
Medical Services (Rural Areas) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Housing Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Malvern Hills Bill [HL] Motion to revive Bill — Lords no recorded vote yet
E-Scooters (Safety and Sale) Bill [HL] 2nd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
Student Finance (Review) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Domestic Abuse (Pets etc) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Church Appointments (Repeal of Discriminatory Provision) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Planning and Development (Community Infrastructure) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Barbers and Hairdressers (Registration) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Rural Communities (Public Services and Energy) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Sale and Supply of Glue Traps (Prohibition) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Multi-Storey Car Parks (Safety) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Northern Ireland Troubles (Criminal Investigations etc) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Home Cooling Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
In-Person Banking Services Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Lobular Breast Cancer Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
European Convention on Human Rights (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Meat (Information About Method of Killing) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Sporting and Physical Education Services (Value Added Tax Exemption) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Hospitality Services (Value Added Tax Exemption) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Gaza (Independent Public Inquiry) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2nd reading — Commons Aye at 3rd reading
Creative Education Access Bill [HL] Committee stage — Lords no recorded vote yet
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (Restoration of Powers and Responsibilities) Bill [HL] Committee stage — Lords no recorded vote yet
Local Plans (Burial Space) Bill [HL] 3rd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
Microplastic Filters (Washing Machines) Bill [HL] Committee stage — Lords no recorded vote yet
Leaseholder Remediation (Building Safety) Bill [HL] Committee stage — Lords no recorded vote yet
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL] 2nd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
Personal Data (Digital Twins) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Utilities and Services Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Regulation of Event Venue Governing Bodies (Conflicts of Interest) Bill [HL] 2nd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
British Sovereignty Protection (Chagos Islands) Bill [HL] 2nd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
House of Lords (Alternative Second Chamber) Bill [HL] 2nd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
Cohabitation Rights Bill [HL] Committee stage — Lords no recorded vote yet
Citizenship Education Bill [HL] 2nd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill [HL] 2nd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
Regulated Professions (Freedom of Speech) Bill [HL] 2nd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
Mental Health Support (Sentence of Detention and Imprisonment for Public Protection) Bill [HL] 2nd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
Artificial Superintelligence Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Illegal Trading (Temporary Closure of Premises) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Rights of Boat Dwellers Bill [HL] Committee stage — Lords no recorded vote yet
Military Operations Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Environmental Impact Assessment (Downstream Emissions) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Short-term Let Accommodation Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Social Media Platforms (Ofcom Licensing) Bill [HL] 2nd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
City of London (Markets) Bill Report stage — Commons no recorded vote yet
Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill 3rd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
Ponds (Permitted Development) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Child-like Sexual Abuse Dolls (Offences) Bill Committee stage — Commons no recorded vote yet
Nature’s Rights Bill [HL] Committee stage — Lords no recorded vote yet
Early Release of Prisoners (Restriction) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Climate Change Act 2008 (Repeal) (No. 2) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Genocide Determination Bill [HL] Committee stage — Lords no recorded vote yet
Road Safety Plans Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Greyhound Racing Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 (Revocation) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Public Procurement (British Goods and Services) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Scotland (Independence Referendum) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Registration of Stillbirths (England and Wales) Bill 1st reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Fur (Import and Sale) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Co-operative Capital Bill [HL] 2nd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
Hares (Close Season) Bill [HL] 2nd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
Conduct of Undercover Policing and Surveillance Operatives Bill [HL] Committee stage — Lords no recorded vote yet
Corporate Waste Responsibility Bill [HL] 2nd reading — Lords no recorded vote yet
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Amendment) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Members of Parliament (Prohibition of Second Jobs) (Motion) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Hunting Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Chalk Streams (Sewerage Investment) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Street Works (Penalties for Utility Companies) Bill Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Access to Elected Office Fund (Report) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Energy and Digital Infrastructure (Planning) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules (Amendment) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Data Publication and Quality (Immigration, Nationality and Country of Birth) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Maximum Workplace Temperature Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Lobbying Transparency (In-house Lobbyists) Bill [HL] Committee stage — Lords no recorded vote yet
Mental Capacity (Duty to Assess) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Outdoor Education Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Child Savings Accounts (Mental Capacity and Disability) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Water Regulation Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Occupied Palestinian Territory (Trade with Israeli Settlements) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Reciprocal Cross-Border Public Services Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Rural Public Transport Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Civil Aviation Authority (Ombudsman) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Act 1996 (Repeal) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Leisure and Fitness Facilities (Value Added Tax) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Planning Application Consultations (Mobile Network Operators) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (Review) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (Amendment) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
National Health Service Co-Funding and Co-Payment Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Highways Act 1980 (Amendment) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Health Insurance (Exemption from Insurance Premium Tax) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Green Belt (Protection) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Exemption from Value Added Tax (Public Electric Vehicle Charging Points) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Exemption from Value Added Tax (Listed Places of Worship) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Domestic Energy (Value Added Tax) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Children’s Clothing (Value Added Tax) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Caravan Site Licensing (Exemption of Motor Homes) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Bank of England (Inflation Targets) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Bailiffs (Warrants of Possession) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Arm's-Length Bodies (Accountability to Parliament) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Arm's-Length Bodies (Review) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Anonymity of Suspects Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (Amendment) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Vehicles (Registration) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Tax Reliefs Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Employment Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Climate Change Act 2008 (Repeal) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (UK Covid-19 Inquiry) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
National Police Chiefs' Council (Guidance) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Non-Domestic Rating (Retail, Hospitality and Leisure) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Welfare Reform Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Domestic Building Works (Consumer Protection) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Hospitality (Value Added Tax) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Heritage Trees Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Chalk Streams (UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
British Indian Ocean Territory (Sovereignty and Constitutional Arrangements) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
UK Food Labelling (Country of Origin) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Pets (Microchips) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet
Public Sector Equality Duty (Repeal) Bill 2nd reading — Commons no recorded vote yet

Most bills only reach a vote at Second or Third Reading, and plenty never get one, so “no recorded vote yet” usually just means the bill hasn’t had a division (or we couldn’t match one to it) — not that Tony Vaughan avoided it. Click a bill for Parliament’s own page.

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Tony Vaughan — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Tony Vaughan →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Barrister
Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
(Registered 10 July 2024)
Payment: £1,431 work completed on 11/08/2025
Received on: 22 August 2025. Hours: 3 hrs.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 15 September 2025)
Payment: £37.49 this payment is for work carried out prior to July 2024
Received on: 26 September 2025. Hours: 0.3 hrs estimated working time of 20 minutes.
Ultimate payer: Confidential, Confidential
(Registered 15 October 2025)
Payment: £9,378.39 All work completed prior to 4th July 2024
Received on: 4 November 2025. Hours: 35 hrs number of hours is approximate.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 17 November 2025)
Payment: £2,462.56 All work carried out prior to July 2024
Received on: 17 December 2025. Hours: 8 hrs approximate hours worked.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 22 December 2025)
Payment: £1,131 all work carried out prior to July 2024
Received on: 7 January 2026. Hours: 3 hrs approximate.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 31 January 2026)
Payment: £4,436.10
Received on: 17 February 2026. Hours: 11.5 hrs work completed between 04/07/2025 - 12/09/2025.
Ultimate payer: Confidential, Confidential
(Registered 24 February 2026)
Payment: £770.13 All work carried out prior to July 2024
Received on: 11 February 2026. Hours: 2 hrs hours worked is approximate.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 24 February 2026)
Payment: £1,486.04 All work carried out prior to July 2024
Received on: 26 March 2026. Hours: none since my election.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 27 March 2026)
Payment: £8,733.87 All work carried out prior to July 2024
Received on: 9 April 2026. Hours: 29 hrs approximate hours worked.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 17 April 2026)
Payment: £286.20
Received on: 28 April 2026. Hours: 0.6 hrs for work carried out in October 2025.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 15 May 2026)
Payment: £8,723.38 All work carried out prior to 5 July 2024
Received on: 29 April 2026. Hours: 29 hrs hours worked is approximate and none since my election.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 15 May 2026)
Payment: £333.90
Received on: 24 April 2026. Hours: 0.7 hrs For work carried out on 17/09/2025.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 15 May 2026)
Payment: £1,444.85 All work carried out prior to 4th July 2024
Received on: 15 June 2026. Hours: 4.5 hrs hours worked is approximate.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 24 June 2026)
Payment: £1,906.77 All work carried out prior to 4th July 2024
Received on: 18 June 2026. Hours: 6 hrs hours worked is approximate.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 24 June 2026)
Payment: £649.14 All work carried out prior to July 2024
Received on: 1 July 2026. Hours: 2 hrs approximate hours worked.
Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential
(Registered 29 July 2026)

Crime & justice

Role, work or services: Barrister
Payer: Legal Aid Agency (Legal services provided by me to a lay client, who is assisted by the Agency.), 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ
Additional information: Any payments will be listed below.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

Crime & justice

Role, work or services: Legal services
Payer: Garden Court Chambers (Barristers' chambers), 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ
Additional information: All payments from Garden Court Chambers are for work done before 2020, and will be listed below.
(Registered 16 December 2024)

Crime & justice
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Research services provided for 2 days per week, value £5,561.11
Date received: 14 January 2026 to 31 March 2026
Date accepted: 14 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 9 February 2026)

Immigration & asylum

Name of donor: The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Research services provided for 2 days per week, value £20,438.89
Date received: 1 April 2025 to 13 January 2026
Date accepted: 1 April 2025
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 9 February 2026)

Immigration & asylum

Name of donor: The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Research services provided for 2 days per week (value stated is maximum), value £9,945
Date received: 1 April 2026 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 1 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 1 April 2026)

Immigration & asylum
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Ibrahim Dogus
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Food provided for a fundraising event for 57 people, value £1,254
Date received: 24 March 2026
Date accepted: 24 March 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 April 2026)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Great Britain China Centre
Address of donor: Kings Buildings, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Hotels, flights, food and transport, value £4,763
Destination of visit: China
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 29 May 2026
Purpose of visit: To engage directly with Chinese government counterparts, improve understanding and help manage a complex bilateral relationship in the UK’s national interest.
(Registered 9 June 2026)

8. Miscellaneous

Professional status as barrister with valid practicing certificate.
Date interest arose: 5 July 2024
(Registered 7 August 2024)

Crime & justice

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Tony Vaughan yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Tony Vaughan has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£251,893.82 paid out to or for Tony Vaughan across 262 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Tony Vaughan’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £185,923.00 (10 claims)
Office Costs — £33,006.72 (196 claims)
Accommodation — £24,209.58 (42 claims)
Staff Travel — £5,498.02 (8 claims)
MP Travel — £2,976.50 (5 claims)
Miscellaneous — £280.00 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Stationery & printing — £630.00, 2026-03-30 — hardcopy newsletter and design
Equipment - purchase — £74.43, 2026-03-30 — Sundries
Utilities — £101.31, 2026-03-27 — Electricity
Equipment - purchase — £69.99, 2026-03-27 — Other office equipment
Stationery & printing — £228.80, 2026-03-24 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £228.80, 2026-03-24 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £186.23, 2026-03-24 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £186.23, 2026-03-24 — Banner March 2026

Every claim on file for Tony Vaughan →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Tony Vaughan — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Tony Vaughan’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Tony Vaughan is a listed officer of 4 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary China Group — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Media Freedom — Vice Chair
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Refugee Council (£3,001-4,500).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sovereign Wealth Funds — Officer
No declared funding on file.
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Refugee Council — about £3,750.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees).

Refugee Council — about £3,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Tony Vaughan personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Tony Vaughan is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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