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Tony Vaughan KC MP

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Tony Vaughan KC MP

@tonyvaughanMP

Your Labour MP for Folkestone, Hythe & Romney Marsh 🌹

Folkestone Hythe Romney Marsh

Joined April 2012

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Tony Vaughan KC MP
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Jul 4, 2025
Change has started. ✅ Here are few of the many important wins from the last 12 months for Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh. I know that people are rightly impatient for change, but the Labour Government is delivering. 🌹 Watch this video to get a flavour for how we are
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Tony Vaughan KC MP
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Feb 23, 2025
Spot on ⁦@Keir_Starmer⁩. Everyone should know this. ⁦ #Change #WorkersRights #NHS
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Tony Vaughan KC MP
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Nov 16, 2025
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning. The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong. We absolutely need immigration controls. And where those controls decide to
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
From theguardian.com
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Tony Vaughan KC MP
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May 3, 2025
I have written to the Equality and Human Rights Commission asking them to withdraw their interim guidance on single-sex spaces ⬇️. It goes beyond the Supreme Court ruling, increases risks of harassment and violence to trans people, and is contradictory & confusing. @EHRC please
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Tony Vaughan KC MP
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Oct 29, 2025
I voted against Farage’s “Brexit 2.0” bill today. It had 0% chance of becoming law. But his lie that Parliament is not sovereign had to be slapped down. PARLIAMENT IS ALREADY SOVEREIGN. It’s ALREADY in control. NO court can overrule Acts of Parliament. The whole speech was
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Tony Vaughan KC MP
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Jul 17, 2025
Holding a Palestinian flag, and putting up a sign that says nothing about Palestine Action, does not mean you support Palestine Action. Whatever you think about this person's views, the law protects the right to protest peacefully in support of Palestine. The Government have
Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag
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Tony Vaughan KC MP
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Jul 8, 2024
What a first day in Westminster! It is a privilege to be one of the 411 Labour MPs who will pass the laws to turn Britain around. Inspiring words from Keir Starmer to the first PLP meeting of this Parliament, and brilliant photo from Stefan Rousseau.
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Tony Vaughan KC MP
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Jul 2, 2025
🏳️‍⚧️🚨 New letter from MPs on trans rights & EHRC Consultation on the #ForWomenScotland ruling. I have written a letter to the EHRC to urgently raise concerns about the Draft Code of Practice consultation after the ruling. I am proud to say that 32 of my colleagues share these
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Tony Vaughan KC MP
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Jul 5, 2024
We did it! A huge thanks to my team, and to everyone who put their trust in me. Thanks also to all my opponents, and to the staff team at @fstonehythedc who made the election day and the count go so smoothly. You voted for change and it starts right here.
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Tony Vaughan KC MP
@tonyvaughanMP
Jul 11, 2024
Thanks to @Ed_Miliband - Minister for Energy Security & Net Zero - for coming to #RomneyMarsh today where we met the @RWE_UK team & discussed wind, solar, new nuclear & clean power by 2030. With homegrown power, we’ll keep bills down, create good jobs & tackle climate change 🌍
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Tony Vaughan KC MP
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May 24, 2024
I'm delighted and honoured that @UKLabour have selected me to be #Folkestone & #Hythe's Parliamentary Candidate for the upcoming General Election. Thank you to everyone who has supported me this far. All reasonable people want to reverse 14 years of Tory chaos and decline. If
Tony Vaughan KC MP
@tonyvaughanMP
Jan 24, 2024
I'm honoured to be endorsed by @GMBSouthern @WeAretheMU @ESEA4Labour @Labour4Europe & @LabourCC in my application to be Labour's General Election candidate for Folkestone & Hythe. Every day, these unions and groups are bringing our Labour values to life: in the workplace, and
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Tony Vaughan KC MP
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Jan 24, 2025
Here is my statement on today's announcement that the King has approved the Lord Chancellor's recommendation that I should be appointed as King's Counsel 👇
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Tony Vaughan KC MP
@tonyvaughanMP
Jul 16, 2024
Proud to have been sworn in this morning as Folkestone and Hythe's first ever Labour MP. I will work hard for everyone in the constituency - whether you voted for me or not, and wherever you live - to improve your lives and makes the area the best it can be for everyone.
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Tony Vaughan KC MP
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Nov 27, 2024
Read my letter to the constituents of Folkestone and Hythe, which explains my voting decision on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 👇
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