Laura Trott

MP since 12 Dec 2019

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The Rt Hon Laura Trott is the Conservative MP for Sevenoaks, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Education.

1235

Votes Cast

£284,794

Expenses 2024-25

5,440

Majority

36.7%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£284,794

Staffing£263,056
Office£21,292
Travel£445

Year-on-Year

2024-25£284,794
2023-24£248,806
2022-23£221,203
2021-22£205,944
2020-21£174,564
2019-20£27,689

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 49,899 voters

Conservative
18,328 votes36.7%
Liberal Democrat
12,888 votes25.8%
Reform UK
9,341 votes18.7%
Labour
6,802 votes13.6%
Green Party
2,033 votes4.1%
Rejoin EU
298 votes0.6%
Social Democratic Party
209 votes0.4%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

125

Written Questions

0

Oral Questions

53

Debates Spoken In

127

Speeches

289

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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3 AYE

Sentencing Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 29 Oct 2025

2 AYE

Opposition Day

2 votes · 28 Oct 2025

4 AYE2 NO

Sentencing Bill Committee

6 votes · 21 Oct 2025

2 AYE1 NO

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee

3 votes · 20 Oct 2025

1 AYE1 NO

Sentencing Bill

2 votes · 16 Sept 2025

3 AYE

Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 10 Sept 2025

Financial Interests(12)

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Lord John Nash

£30,000 political Staff Funding

£30,000
Name of donor
Lord John Nash
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£30,000 political Staff Funding
Donor status
individual

Registered 9 April 2025

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Lord Philip Harris

£25,000

14 July 2025

£25,000
Name of donor
Lord Philip Harris
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£25,000
Date received
14 July 2025
Date accepted
14 July 2025
Donor status
individual

Registered 18 July 2025

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Sophie Smith

£10,000 political Staff Funding

£10,000
Name of donor
Sophie Smith
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£10,000 political Staff Funding
Donor status
individual

Registered 23 March 2025

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Lord Fink

£10,000

5 June 2025

£10,000
Name of donor
Lord Fink
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£10,000
Date received
5 June 2025
Date accepted
5 June 2025
Donor status
individual

Registered 11 June 2025

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Lord Agnew

£10,000

20 November 2025

£10,000
Name of donor
Lord Agnew
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£10,000
Date received
20 November 2025
Date accepted
20 November 2025
Donor status
individual

Registered 28 November 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Laura in Parliament

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her oral statement on Children’s Social Care of 18 November 2024, Official Report, column 23, what estimate her Department has made of th

AnsweredDepartment for Education22 Nov 2024

Mental Capacity

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to increase the use of Deprivation of Liberty orders.

AnsweredDepartment for Education22 Nov 2024

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase the number of places for looked after children.

AnsweredDepartment for Education20 Nov 2024

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her statement of 18 November 2024 on Children’s Social Care, Official Report columns 23 to 25, what assessment her Department has made of

AnsweredDepartment for Education20 Nov 2024

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her statement of 18 November 2024 on Children’s Social Care, Official Report column 25, at what level she plans to cap profit from childr

AnsweredDepartment for Education20 Nov 2024

Care Homes: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will be taking steps to (a) improve the quality of children's homes and (b) increase the regularity of inspection of those homes.

AnsweredDepartment for Education20 Nov 2024

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have an (a) education, health and care plan and (b) a named school in each (i) region, (ii) local authority and (iii) constituency.

AnsweredDepartment for Education18 Nov 2024

Pupils: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure mobile phones are not a distraction in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.

AnsweredDepartment for Education18 Nov 2024

Childcare: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether increased costs from employer national insurance contributions will be taken into account in the childcare funding formula.

AnsweredDepartment for Education18 Nov 2024

Childcare: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of increasing employers National Insurance contributions on childcare costs for working parents.

AnsweredDepartment for Education14 Nov 2024
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