
Tony Vaughan
Labour MP for Folkestone and Hythe
Won with 34.7% · Majority: 3,729
The Verdict
Nearly perfect attendance in the lobby. If only that dedication extended to keeping the promises that got them elected.
Subject Grades
How Tony scored on each issue. Tap any subject for the individual votes.
Civil Liberties
0 kept · 2 broke
Won with 34.7% of the vote, majority of 3,729
Cost of Living
0 kept · 6 broke · 1 missed
5,741 households in fuel poverty locally (13.28%)
NHS & Health
0 kept · 4 broke
Local A&E: only 80.2% seen within 4 hours (target: 95%)
Environment
0 kept · 2 broke · 2 missed
13.28% of local households in fuel poverty
Immigration
0 kept · 3 broke
Workers' Rights
0 kept · 2 broke · 1 missed
Won with 34.7% of the vote, majority of 3,729
Welfare & Benefits
1 kept · 7 broke · 1 missed
3,614 children in poverty in this constituency (24%)
Follow the Money
What Tony claims, earns, and receives — compared to how they vote on the issues affecting their constituents.
Expense Breakdown
The Broken Promise
Voted to strip £300/year heating help from 10 million pensioners — including 5,741 fuel poor households in their own constituency
Voted to keep the two-child benefit cap — 3,614 children live in poverty in their constituency
Voted against welfare scrutiny and blocked protections for disabled benefit claimants
Voted to override humanitarian protections in the Border Security Bill
Voted to scrap jury trials — removing an 800-year-old right that protects ordinary citizens
Registered Interests
1. Employment and earnings(20 entries)£46k
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) Payment: £11,925 Payment for work carried out prior to 4th July 2024 Received on: 12 June 2025. Hours: 60 hrs All work carried out prior to 4th July 2024. Ultimate payer: Confidential, Confidential (Registered 23 June 2025)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) 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)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) 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)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) Payment: £4,017.14 For work done before 4 July 2024 Received on: 23 April 2025. Hours: none since my election. Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential (Registered 19 May 2025)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) Payment: £3,271.17 Payment for work carried out prior to 4th July 2024 Received on: 29 May 2025. Hours: none since my election. Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential (Registered 4 June 2025)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) 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)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) Payment: £2,457.58 Received on: 25 April 2025. Hours: none since my election. Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential (Registered 19 May 2025)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) Payment: £1,869.84 All work carried out prior to July 2024 Received on: 4 August 2025. Hours: 9 hrs. Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential (Registered 13 August 2025)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
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)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) Payment: £1,131 Received on: 27 June 2025. Hours: 3 hrs 21/4/25 1.5hours 23/4/25 1.5hours. Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential (Registered 16 July 2025)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) 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)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) Payment: £868.71 Received on: 7 May 2025. Hours: none since my election. Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential (Registered 19 May 2025)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) 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)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) Payment: £381.60 Received on: 21 July 2025. Hours: 1 hr total amount of time worked is 48 minutes on 02/07/25. Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential (Registered 13 August 2025)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) Payment: £224.51 Received on: 24 April 2025. Hours: none since my election. Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential (Registered 19 May 2025)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) Payment: £202.20 Received on: 9 May 2025. Hours: none since my election. Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential (Registered 19 May 2025)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) Payment: £152.64 All work carried out prior to July 2024 Received on: 5 August 2025. Hours: 0.5 hrs. Ultimate payer: confidential, confidential (Registered 13 August 2025)
Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
Role, work or services: Barrister Payer: Doughty Street Chambers (Legal services), 54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS (Registered 10 July 2024) 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)
Legal Aid Agency (Legal services provided by me to a lay client, who is assisted by the Agency.), 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ
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 (Registered 3 August 2024)
Garden Court Chambers (Barristers' chambers), 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ
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. (Registered 16 December 2024)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)(3 entries)£29k
The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
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)
The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
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)
The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
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 between 1st January 2025 and 31st March 2025, value £3,120 Date received: 1 January 2025 to 31 March 2025 Date accepted: 1 January 2025 Donor status: company, registration 12373468 (Registered 27 January 2025)
4. Visits outside the UK(2 entries)£2k
Egypt (Cairo)
Paid by: The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Name of donor: The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): flights and accommodation, value £1,170 Destination of visit: Egypt (Cairo) Dates of visit: 8 February 2025 to 10 February 2025 Purpose of visit: to visit the UNHCR refugee facility and staff, and to meet relevant stakeholders (Registered 16 March 2025)
France (Calais)
Paid by: The Refugee, Asylum, Migration and Policy (RAMP) Project
Name of donor: The Refugee, Asylum, Migration and Policy (RAMP) Project Address of donor: The Courtyard, 69 High Street, Ascot, Berks SL5 7HP Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Transportation and food (£260), translation costs (£175), value £435 Destination of visit: France (Calais) Dates of visit: 12 June 2025 to 12 June 2025 Purpose of visit: To learn more about UK/French cooperation to tackle Channel crossings (Registered 24 June 2025)
8. Miscellaneous(1 entry)
Undisclosed
Professional status as barrister with valid practicing certificate. Date interest arose: 5 July 2024 (Registered 7 August 2024)
Sources: IPSA 2024-25, Register of Members' Financial Interests (Parliament API)
Every Penny: Tony's Expenses
218 individual claims totalling £240,575.13 since this parliament opened (July 2024). Click any category to see exactly where the money went, down to every receipt. Items marked “LUMP SUM” are bundled by IPSA (mainly travel) — they won't break these down further.
Staffing(5 claims)£180,273.00
Payroll(1)£175,555.80
Pooled staffing services(1)£3,000.00
Training - staff(3)£1,717.20
Office Costs(164 claims)£28,082.04
Rent(4)£5,556.51
Equipment - purchase(45)£4,641.32
Software & applications(11)£3,784.70
Stationery & printing(21)£3,496.33
Utilities(25)£3,203.07
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries(18)£1,652.50
Insurance - buildings(1)£1,520.80
Insurance - contents(1)£715.18
Website hosting and design(7)£665.84
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage(8)£455.37
Newspapers, journals, magazines(5)£432.26
Advertising and contact cards(1)£318.00
Moving Fees(1)£300.00
Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase(4)£299.11
Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs(3)£259.68
Cleaning services(4)£242.93
Recruitment Services &Costs(2)£170.80
TV licence(1)£169.50
Bought-in services(1)£125.00
Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection(1)£73.14
Accommodation(35 claims)£23,465.57
Rent(9)£17,701.94
Utilities(11)£2,382.26
Council tax(2)£1,976.42
Hotel - London(3)£942.52
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage(6)£244.95
Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase(4)£217.48
Staff Travel(8 claims)£5,498.02
Rail(3)£4,835.64
Hotel - UK Not London(1)£427.50
Mileage - car(2)£175.28
Parking(2)£59.60
MP Travel(5 claims)£2,976.50
Rail(3)£2,963.85
Parking(2)£12.65
Miscellaneous(1 claim)£280.00
Removals(1)£280.00
Source: IPSA Individual Business Costs 2024-25 — every claim published under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009
Folkestone and Hythe: The Real Impact
The people Tony was elected to represent — and how they voted on the issues that affect them most.
Sources: DWP FYE 2024, DESNZ 2023, Census 2021, Election 2024