Tom Tugendhat

Biography:

Tom Tugendhat was elected MP for Tonbridge & Malling on May 7th 2015 with 31887 votes, taking 59.4% of the vote.

After his graduation, Tom worked as a journalist in Beirut, writing about the conflict and the politics and economics of the area. At the same time, he established in Lebanon one of the first public relations companies of the city. Going back to the UK, he first worked as a management consultant and then joined the Territorial Army, serving both in Iraq and Afghanistan before becoming the military assistant to the Chief of the Defence Staff.

Tom read Theology at Bristol University, where he also worked in the local homeless shelter in the St Paul’s area. He then studied for a Masters’ degree in Islamics at Cambridge University. He is the son of the High Court Judge Sir Michael Tugendhat and the nephew of Conservative politician Christopher Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat.

Constituency: Tonbridge & Malling

Email: tom.tugendhat.mp@parliament.uk

Party: Conservative

Personal Website: http://www.tomtugendhat.org.uk/

Twitter: @TomTugendhat

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/tomtugendhat

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/thomas-tugendhat/1/a53/138