Birmingham Northfield / data
Laurence Turner · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
448
of 504 possible
Attendance
89%
56 absent / paired
Whip alignment
97%
vs party majority
Speeches
395
120 debates
Written Qs
344
342 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£167k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 125 claims
Interests
1
1 category
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 91 | |
| Taxation | 89 | |
| Employment | 52 | |
| Education | 40 | |
| Crime & Policing | 37 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 29 | |
| Housing | 24 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 23 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 50 | 20,393 |
| Social Care | 13 | 10,609 |
| Transport | 22 | 10,166 |
| Local Government | 21 | 6,441 |
| Crime | 14 | 6,308 |
| Labour Market | 15 | 2,919 |
| Fiscal Policy | 12 | 2,841 |
| Culture Community | 9 | 2,271 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have chosen to stop… | Free vote | Aye |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third ReadingMPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dyin… | Free vote | No |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have voluntarily st… | Free vote | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2026 | Draft Train Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2026I thank the Minister and the Government for bringing forward this secondary legislation. As he knows, there is a need to improve the diversity of the driving workforce and to addre… TransportLabour MarketEconomy Jobs | 94 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Transport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1222)Good morning. On the interventions that are most effective at changing behaviour, it sometimes feels like the individual interventions are determined by the funding pots that are a… | 108 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Transport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1222)That is a very helpful point. Returning to some of the local decision making by transport authorities, do you think, from your knowledge of examples within the UK, that transport a… | 74 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Transport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1222)Did anyone want to pick up the point about decision making that can have the effect of modal shift but in the other direction? | 24 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Transport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1222)Would the other witnesses like to bring to our attention any evidence or studies about poor integration as a barrier to modal shift? | 23 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Strategic Defence Review: FundingWill the Minister look at the sorry tale of Glenart Castle Mess in Longbridge, Birmingham? This is armed forces accommodation not from decades ago; it opened in 2017 at a cost to t… DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 109 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Transport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1222)We have had a lot of written representations about poor integration as a barrier to shifting travel behaviour. It certainly rings true in my area, where we have major arterial driv… | 106 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | National Savings & InvestmentsI welcome the Minister’s statement and the way in which he has addressed the House. I want to pick up on the important question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Carlisle (Ms … Fiscal PolicyUtilitiesCost Of Living | 135 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Resident Doctors: Industrial ActionI declare an interest as chair of the GMB’s parliamentary group. The week after next, there will be another strike, when GMB members of the BMA’s own staff go out on industrial act… HealthLabour MarketEconomy Jobs | 79 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Oil and GasThe hon. Member talks of the national interest, but does he agree that it was disgraceful that Gazprom was allowed to acquire an interest in the North sea in the years after 2011, … EnergyEconomy JobsEnvironment | 46 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Oil and GasMy hon. Friend is making an outstanding case. Does he also agree that gas is an important feed stock in a number of critical industries, such as the production of ammonia, which is… EnergyEconomy JobsEnvironment | 38 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Transport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1222)The responsibility for this area is split across different Government Departments. Keith, you talked about local authorities, so this is perhaps for the other panellists: do you th… | 42 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Transport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1222)You said in your written evidence that there is perhaps an imbalance between the focus on densification and planning of amenities and wider services. One issue I found in my area, … | 130 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Transport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1222)As has been touched on, the Government have already made changes through other Departments on transport and planning policy, in particular through the national planning policy fram… | 42 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Transport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1222)Li, I have a follow-up question on your point about incremental value capture and the Crossrail business rates model. Why do you think that model has not been adopted more widely i… | 34 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Transport | 95 | 27.6% |
| Department for Education | 43 | 12.5% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 39 | 11.3% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 25 | 7.3% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 20 | 5.8% |
| Ministry of Justice | 18 | 5.2% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 15 | 4.4% |
| Treasury | 12 | 3.5% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 29687 on Traffic Officers, how many National Highways traffic officers were employed on 15 March in (a) 2025 and (b) 2026. | Pending |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding has been allocated to the construction of the Frankley Hill specialist school in New Frankley, Birmingham. | Pending |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2026 to Question 125758, and with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2019 to Question 2677, what information the British Transport Police hold on the number… | Answered |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on patients with (a) Addison's Disease and (b) adrenal insufficiency of the permanent discontinuation of hydrocortisone sodium pho… | Answered |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of her Department's acquisition of Class 365 units in 2019. | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department has assessed the potential merits of constructing (a) the Bordesley Chord West (b) the Bordesley Chord East at the same time. | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she is making to G7 partner nations on the prevention of transnational repression. | Answered |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the sum of penalties for railway trespass has been in each of the last ten years. | Answered |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of railway trespass in each of the last ten years. | Answered |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the maximum penalty for railway trespass was set at £1,000; and what the maximum penalty was previously. | Answered |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the levels of public awareness of the 29 January 2022 revisions to the Highway Code. | Answered |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022 in preventing unlicenced use of glue traps. | Answered |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Glenart Castle Mess in Longbridge, Birmingham will reopen. | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether banking hubs are obliged to accept cheque deposits. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to policy S5 of the draft National Planning Policy Statement, if he will consider the potential merits of including bus interchanges in that policy. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transport CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 28 Oct 2024 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 105 | 20,087 | 12.0% |
| Accommodation | 13 | 18,841 | 11.3% |
| Staffing | 1 | 126,066 | 75.6% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 1,054 | 0.6% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 665 | 0.4% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 8 | 16,068 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 9 | 10,806 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 3,000 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 5 | 2,321 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 4 | 2,240 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 3 | 1,635 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 13 | 1,330 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 4 | 1,237 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 60 | 1,229 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 1 | 1,074 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 7 | 384 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 2 | 360 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 94 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,411 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 95 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,411 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,432 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 193 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,500 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 150 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011803-39] | 30 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Repayment of 60276885 | 0 | Repaid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Repayment of 60277421 | 0 | Repaid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,411 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 53 | Paid |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,500 | Paid |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011803-38] | 59 | Paid |
| 09 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 28 | Paid |
| 07 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 7 | Paid |
| 04 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,411 | Paid |
| 03 Feb 2025 | Accommodation Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase | Internet | 63 | Paid |
| 27 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 88 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
27 Nov 2024
Chair of the GMB Parliamentary Group. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 11 November 2024
(Registered 20 November 2024)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 7 wards, 8 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allens Cross | Jack Deakin | Labour Party | 922 | 05 May 2022 |
| Frankley Great Park | Simon Morrall | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,356 | 05 May 2022 |
| Kings Norton North | Carmel Corrigan | Labour Party | 1,638 | 04 Jul 2024 |
| Kings Norton South | Rob Grant | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,137 | 05 May 2022 |
| Longbridge West Heath | Debbie Clancy | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,138 | 05 May 2022 |
| Longbridge West Heath | Ron Storer | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,874 | 05 May 2022 |
| Northfield | Esther Rai | Labour Party | 1,882 | 04 Jul 2024 |
| Rubery Rednal | Adrian Delaney | Conservative and Unionist Party | 918 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 109,776 | Electorate 74,048 (2024) |
| Median age | 38 | years |
| Degree-educated | 27.5% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 77.7% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 57.1% | households |
| Private-rented | 14.9% | households |
| Social-rented | 27.5% | households |
| Employment rate | 53.6% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.