Dan Tomlinson | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Theresa Villiers |
| Majority | 2,914 (5.7%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
Daniel Mark Tomlinson is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Chipping Barnet since 2024. [1] He defeated the Conservative Party incumbent Theresa Villiers. [2]
Tomlinson was educated at Wood Green School in Witney,Oxfordshire,and studied Philosophy,Politics and Economics at Oxford University. [3] Tomlinson worked for HM Treasury and for the Resolution Foundation between 2015 and 2022,and became a senior economist for the foundation. [4] He also worked at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. [5]
Inside Housing listed Tomlinson as one of eight newly elected MPs who would be advocates for the cause of social housing in the new Labour government. [5]
Voting record
Tomlinson voted to stop Winter Fuel Payments for pensioners. He voted in the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI,2024,No. 869):motion to annul. <ref Barnet post article>https://barnetpost.co.uk/2024/09/10/barnet-mps-back-winter-fuel-payment-cut/
29th November 2024 Tomlinson voted against the ‘Terminally Ill adults bill’<ref https://x.com/Dan4Barnet/status/1862516613250953358?lang=en>
Tomlinson Abstained from voting in the recent The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill,8th January 2025. <ref https://votes.parliament.uk/votes/commons/division/1900>he has not mentioned this bill on his X page or any mention in his newsletters.
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