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Laura Trott · Conservative and Unionist Party · sitting since 12 Dec 2019 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
2325days
from 12 Dec 2019
Divisions
235
of 504 possible
Attendance
47%
269 absent / paired
Whip alignment
98%
vs party majority
Speeches
77
26 debates
Written Qs
116
114 answered
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£287k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 88 claims
Interests
14
5 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 58 | |
| Economy | 41 | |
| Crime & Policing | 34 | |
| Education | 28 | |
| Employment | 21 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 19 | |
| Schools | 18 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 17 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Technology | 2 | — |
| Education | 25 | 10,013 |
| Social Care | 14 | 7,518 |
| Cost Of Living | 4 | 3,645 |
| Health | 6 | 2,208 |
| Labour Market | 4 | 1,337 |
| Culture Community | 2 | 1,136 |
| Local Government | 1 | 855 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2025 | Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1Vote on a package of government new clauses to the Crime and Policing Bill at Report Stage, covering measures including: criminalising organ… | Rebelled | Aye |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106Vote on New Clause 106, which sought to require women to have an in-person medical consultation before receiving abortion medication, as a s… | Rebelled | No |
| 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 | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThat is absolutely right. Enforcing a very strict policy is what now needs to happen off the back of the new statutory guidance. Let me now turn to the issue of social media and th… EducationTechnologySocial Care | 177 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI really appreciate the Minister engaging with this issue. However, some people could interpret “not having access” as children not being allowed to touch their phone during the sc… EducationTechnologySocial Care | 54 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe hon. Gentleman will know that we put guidance in place, but we have been explicit that it was not effective and that we needed to put it on the statute book, which is what we h… EducationTechnologySocial Care | 280 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe rise of social media really came about in a serious way in 2015 or 2016 with the rise of front-facing cameras. We took action through the Online Safety Act 2023, which was a hu… EducationTechnologySocial Care | 147 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillAs ever, my right hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is why we need an explicit commitment from the Minister today. I will be delighted if she is able to give that—it would be f… EducationTechnologySocial Care | 142 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI respect the hon. Gentleman, but he will know that the Government consultation is not on how to implement a social media ban, but on whether to do one at all. That is not good eno… EducationTechnologySocial Care | 91 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. What she says speaks to the point that our two parties have been able to come together in the interests of children; it is just the Labour party … EducationTechnologySocial Care | 339 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI want to start with some good news. After a year of resisting—insisting that a statutory ban on smartphones in schools was, to quote the Prime Minister, “unnecessary”—the Governme… EducationTechnologySocial Care | 455 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThere is a huge coalition of charities backing a ban. We have tried to police content online, and it has not worked, but we know that policing age will work and make a difference. … EducationTechnologySocial Care | 65 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Action this day—that is what is required, and that is what we are pushing for. EducationTechnologySocial Care | 22 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsIf the Secretary of State wants to start keeping children safe online, then we will stop our objections—but she is refusing to do that. In another example of so-called progressiven… EducationSocial CareLabour Market | 112 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsWe learnt last week that in the tragic Southport case, when the headteacher warned about the killer’s increasing extreme behaviour, the social worker accused the headteacher of rac… EducationSocial CareLabour Market | 123 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillAs ever, my right hon. Friend is entirely correct. The evidence is irrefutable, and the Government need to get on with it. EducationTechnologyHealth | 22 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy right hon. Friend is correct. We are involved in a profound battle for childhood and against the screens. The Government have taken some steps in the right direction—their recen… EducationTechnologyHealth | 1,024 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely correct. As I have said, we are in a fight for childhood, and I will keep fighting until the Government offer a ban on social media in this Bill … EducationTechnologyHealth | 103 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Education | 76 | 65.5% |
| Treasury | 25 | 21.6% |
| Cabinet Office | 4 | 3.4% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 2 | 1.7% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 2 | 1.7% |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 2 | 1.7% |
| Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 2 | 1.7% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 1 | 0.9% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her department is taking to ensure pupils, particularly those with imminent exams, can continue to attend schools safely in the context of the meningitis outbreak. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether school children who have been in a classroom, dining hall, shared areas with someone who now has confirmed meningitis are being offered a)antibiotics b)vaccinations. | Answered |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2026 to Question 108298, when she estimates to complete their work on producing robust repayment figures broken down by British citizen status. | Answered |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the £3.5 billion funding announced in the White Paper entitled Every child achieving and thriving, published 23 February 2026, is additional funding beyond that announced at the Spending… | Pending |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the £4bn announced in her Department's policy paper entitled Every child achieving and thriving, published on 23 February 2026, is from her Department’s existing spending envelope. | Pending |
| 20 Feb 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths involving refuse collection vehicles have been recorded in each of the last five years. | Answered |
| 20 Feb 2026 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the respective responsibilities of MyCSP and Capita are for administrative failures in the civil service pension scheme; and what steps he is taking to hold them to account. | Answered |
| 20 Feb 2026 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to provide compensation for civil servants impacted by administrative failures in the civil service pension scheme. | Answered |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 14 January 2026 to Question 104334, how many students with settled status obtained a student loan in 2024-25; and how much was spent on repaying these loans in the same time… | Answered |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when his Department will launch its consultation on children's social media use. | Answered |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether RSL levels will continue once V-Levels are introduced in September 2027. | Answered |
| 08 Jan 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a student with settled status, who has lived in the UK for three years, can obtain a student loan. | Answered |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the funding that mainstream primary schools with SEN Units receive to fund their free breakfast club. | Answered |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding being provided for secondary schools on the National School Breakfast Programme in the 2026/2027 academic year is used as effectively as possible. | Answered |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints has OIA received from disabled students in each of the last 5 years, what proportion were upheld, and how many reasonable adjustments were made during complaint processes. | Answered |
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
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 | 78 | 21,109 | 7.4% |
| Staffing | 4 | 265,006 | 92.5% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 445 | 0.2% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 4 | 6,349 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 2 | 5,263 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 34 | 3,604 |
| Bought-in services | Office Costs | 2 | 2,836 |
| Training - MP | Office Costs | 1 | 2,280 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 16 | 1,292 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 8 | 1,281 |
| Newspapers, journals, magazines | Office Costs | 9 | 460 |
| Website hosting and design | Office Costs | 1 | 360 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 1 | 199 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 1 | 38 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 1 | 24 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 332 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 258 | Paid |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 258 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 400 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | INTUIT LTD MAILCHIMP [200011725-8557] | 70 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 814 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 406 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 208 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 132 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | THE SPECTATOR /18 [200011725-7446] | 119 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 109 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 93 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 87 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 74 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 25 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 22 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 20 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 17 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 11 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 10 | 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.
1. Employment and earnings4 entries
02 Dec 2025
Payment: £6,000
Received on: 6 November 2025. Hours: 8 hrs Speaking Engagement.
(Registered 28 November 2025)
02 Dec 2025
Role, work or services: Speaking Engagement
Payer: Coex Partners (Speaking engagement for 8 hours), 135 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3TP
(Registered 28 November 2025)
04 Nov 2025
Payment: £6,000 Speech to ACA Annual Dinner
Received on: 22 October 2025. Hours: 16 hrs.
(Registered 3 November 2025)
04 Nov 2025
Role, work or services: Speaking Engagement
From: 21 October 2025. Until: 22 October 2025.
Payer: Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA), First Floor (129) 40 Gracechurch Street, London EC3V 0BT
(Registered 3 November 2025)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation1 entry
29 Apr 2025
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)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)7 entries
14 Apr 2026
Name of donor: Charles Max Keyner
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Date received: 27 March 2026
Date accepted: 27 March 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 29 March 2026)
03 Feb 2026
Name of donor: Sophie Smith
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000 for staff support
Date received: 20 December 2025
Date accepted: 20 December 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 22 January 2026)
02 Dec 2025
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)
17 Sept 2025
Name of donor: Lord John Nash
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000
Date received: 19 August 2025
Date accepted: 19 August 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 4 September 2025)
05 Aug 2025
Name of donor: Charles Max Keymer
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Date received: 23 July 2025
Date accepted: 23 July 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 27 July 2025)
05 Aug 2025
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)
17 Jun 2025
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)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1 entry
16 Dec 2025
Name of donor: National Theatre
Address of donor: Upper Ground. South Bank, London SE1 9PX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for a performance of Hamlet, value £138
Date received: 19 November 2025
Date accepted: 19 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 749504
(Registered 4 December 2025)
4. Visits outside the UK1 entry
24 Feb 2026
Name of donor: Franco-British Colloque Ltd
Address of donor: Station House, Station Approach, East Horsley, Surrey KT24 6QX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Food and accommodation and transfers, value £1,119
Destination of visit: France
Dates of visit: 15 January 2025 to 17 January 2025
Purpose of visit: Franco-British Colloque 2026
(Registered 9 February 2026)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 20 wards, 44 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasted Chevening Sundridge | Michelle Louise Alger | Liberal Democrats | 895 | 04 May 2023 |
| Brasted Chevening Sundridge | Nigel Williams | Conservative and Unionist Party | 918 | 04 May 2023 |
| Brasted Chevening Sundridge | Sandra Dara Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 897 | 04 May 2023 |
| Crockenhill Well Hill | Rachel Elizabeth Waterton | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 500 | 04 May 2023 |
| Dunton Green Riverhead | Graham Clack | Conservative and Unionist Party | 588 | 04 May 2023 |
| Dunton Green Riverhead | Kim Bayley | Conservative and Unionist Party | 639 | 04 May 2023 |
| Eynsford | Michael Graham Barker | Green Party of England and Wales | 378 | 04 May 2023 |
| Farningham Horton Kirby South Darenth | Alan James White | Conservative and Unionist Party | 550 | 04 May 2023 |
| Farningham Horton Kirby South Darenth | Laurence Ball | Conservative and Unionist Party | 541 | 04 May 2023 |
| Fawkham West Kingsdown | Emily Bulford | Conservative and Unionist Party | 758 | 04 May 2023 |
| Fawkham West Kingsdown | Lynda Harrison | Conservative and Unionist Party | 820 | 04 May 2023 |
| Fawkham West Kingsdown | Sean Kevin Malone | Conservative and Unionist Party | 532 | 04 May 2023 |
| Halstead Knockholt Badgers Mount | Gary Williamson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 620 | 04 May 2023 |
| Halstead Knockholt Badgers Mount | John Grint | Conservative and Unionist Party | 604 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hextable | Chrissy Hudson | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 444 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hextable | Darren Charles Kitchener | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 631 | 04 May 2023 |
| Kemsing | Christopher John Haslam | Conservative and Unionist Party | 567 | 04 May 2023 |
| Kemsing | Simon Reay | Conservative and Unionist Party | 646 | 04 May 2023 |
| Otford Shoreham | Irene Roy | Conservative and Unionist Party | 639 | 04 May 2023 |
| Otford Shoreham | John Edwards-Winser | Conservative and Unionist Party | 759 | 04 May 2023 |
| Seal Weald | Julia Thornton | Conservative and Unionist Party | 567 | 04 May 2023 |
| Seal Weald | Roddy Hogarth | Conservative and Unionist Party | 564 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sevenoaks Eastern | Elizabeth Anne Purves | Liberal Democrats | 871 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sevenoaks Eastern | Tony Clayton | Liberal Democrats | 911 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sevenoaks Kippington | Chloe Joan Gustard | Liberal Democrats | 811 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sevenoaks Kippington | Nicholas Daniel Varley | Liberal Democrats | 781 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sevenoaks Northern | Alan John Leaman | Liberal Democrats | 688 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sevenoaks Northern | Claire Elizabeth Shea | Liberal Democrats | 750 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sevenoaks Town St Johns | David Michael Skinner | Liberal Democrats | 1,103 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sevenoaks Town St Johns | Susan Elizabeth Camp | Liberal Democrats | 1,165 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sevenoaks Town St Johns | Victoria Dorothy Granville | Liberal Democrats | 1,156 | 04 May 2023 |
| Swanley Christchurch Swanley Village | Clare Barnes | Conservative and Unionist Party | 858 | 04 May 2023 |
| Swanley Christchurch Swanley Village | Michael Horwood | Conservative and Unionist Party | 808 | 04 May 2023 |
| Swanley Christchurch Swanley Village | Nina Katherine Lucy Scott | Conservative and Unionist Party | 655 | 04 May 2023 |
| Swanley St Marys | Cathy Morgan | Conservative and Unionist Party | 354 | 04 May 2023 |
| Swanley St Marys | Lesley Dyball | Conservative and Unionist Party | 417 | 04 May 2023 |
| Swanley White Oak | Glynnis Darrington | Conservative and Unionist Party | 630 | 04 May 2023 |
| Swanley White Oak | Jasmine Ferrari | Conservative and Unionist Party | 591 | 04 May 2023 |
| Swanley White Oak | Paul Darrington | Conservative and Unionist Party | 609 | 04 May 2023 |
| Westerham Crockham Hill | Diana Esler | Conservative and Unionist Party | 569 | 04 May 2023 |
| Westerham Crockham Hill | Kevin Maskell | Conservative and Unionist Party | 586 | 04 May 2023 |
| Wilmington Sutton At Hone Hawley | Av Sandhu | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,047 | 04 May 2023 |
| Wilmington Sutton At Hone Hawley | Eddy Lampkin | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,162 | 04 May 2023 |
| Wilmington Sutton At Hone Hawley | George Holt | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,270 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 97,542 | Electorate 73,708 (2024) |
| Median age | 43 | years |
| Degree-educated | 37.8% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 91.3% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 73.6% | households |
| Private-rented | 13.2% | households |
| Social-rented | 13.1% | households |
| Employment rate | 58.5% | 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.