[1] Tufton served as the Member of Parliament for parliamentary constituency St. Elizabeth South Western from 2007 up until his defeat in 2011.
[2][3] In 2016 Tufton won the St. Catherine West Central seat against the PNP's Clinton Clarke and thus being returned to the Lower House.
He was the president of the Generation 2000 and a lecturer in the Department of Management Studies, UWI, Mona.
In 2011 Tufton lost his seat to his PNP counterpart Hugh Buchanan by 13 votes.
[citation needed] Tufton is married to Neadene Shields-Tufton with three children.