Early life and education
Tufnell comes from a family of Gloucestershire landowners. [1] His father, Mark Tufnell, was the 55th president of the Country Land and Business Association and was a non-executive director of the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England; he was appointed non-executive board member at Natural England in May 2024. [5] His paternal great-grandfather was Richard Tufnell, a Conservative MP for Cambridge. His great-great-grandfather, Edward Tufnell, was a Conservative MP for South East Essex and his great-great-great-grandfather was the civil servant and educationalist Edward Carleton Tufnell. Tufnell Park is named after his family. [6] His mother Rosina Jane Tufnell was born in Pontypridd and was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 2021. [1]
Tufnell attended Radley College, an independent boarding school for boys. [7] He graduated from Brown University in the United States of America, majoring in History. [3] After graduating from his undergraduate studies he attended City Law School in London earning a Graduate Diploma in Law and passing the Bar Professional Training Course. [3] He was called to the bar by the Middle Temple and practised in England. [3]
After graduating, Tufnell began work as a Trade Union Representative for the non-TUC affiliated Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers' Union (CAIWU), before practising as a barrister at One Crown Office Row. [8] He later worked as an Organiser for CAIWU. [1] [3]
Tufnell is a trustee for the Carlie Tufnell Charitable Trust, a charity set up in memory of his younger brother. [9] The charity funds the Carlie Tufnell Spark Fund, which provides a developmental fund for new graduates of the Central Film School, of which his brother was a former student. It supports graduates in bringing their short-film projects to fruition. [10]
Political career
Tufnell unsuccessfully stood as a Labour candidate at the 2018 Westminster City Council election in the Vincent Square ward. The ward's three seats were held by the Conservative Party. [11]
In April 2023, Tufnell was voted in by local Labour Party members to represent the new constituency of Mid and South Pembrokeshire. Concerns were raised over the process by which Tufnell was selected, rather than a local candidate. [1] He originally stood to be a Labour candidate in Colchester, Essex. [1]
In July 2024, Tufnell was elected as the MP for Mid and South Pembrokeshire, with a majority of 1,878, defeating former Conservative Party minister Stephen Crabb. [12]
In 2024, media reports noted that part of Tufnell's family farm was transferred to his brother shortly before inheritance tax changes affecting farmers were announced in the October 2024 budget. [13] Tufnell denied any wrongdoing, and it was later reported that the changes were unlikely to affect his family directly. [14] [15]
Campaigners from the Pembrokeshire based PARC Against DARC campaign have claimed that Tufnell has failed to response to large number of emails sent to him on the local issue. [16]
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