Official portrait of Laura Trott

Laura Trott

Conservative MP for Sevenoaks, since 12 December 2019

Shadow Secretary of State for Education

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.

Scorecard

48.7% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote
280 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
295 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
4 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
16 Interests declared 6 at £5,000 or more
241 Debates spoken in 141 written questions tabled

Ranked 582 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part No vote 344–181
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part No vote 324–180
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No vote 167–350
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities Aye 105–332
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials Aye 182–290
17 Dec 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading No 312–165
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading No 341–195
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) Aye 118–340
15 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H No vote 311–96
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Aye 90–297
10 Dec 2025 Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work No 320–98
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Seasonal work Aye 98–325
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Second Reading No 329–173
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment Aye 170–332
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion No 100–100
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 No vote 327–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H No vote 326–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B No vote 395–98
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120 No vote 300–96
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B No vote 327–96
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15 Aye 154–303
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16 Aye 143–304
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 No vote 77–298
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 No vote 87–299
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty No 357–174

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Speaking Engagement
Payer: Coex Partners (Speaking engagement for 8 hours), 135 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3TP
(Registered 28 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

£6,000

Payment: £6,000
Received on: 6 November 2025. Hours: 8 hrs Speaking Engagement.
(Registered 28 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 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)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

£6,000

Payment: £6,000 Speech to ACA Annual Dinner
Received on: 22 October 2025. Hours: 16 hrs.
(Registered 3 November 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

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

£10,000

Name of donor: Lord Fink
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 (Previously published under Category 2(b) )
Donor status: individual
(Registered 11 June 2025; updated 18 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

£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 (Previously published under Category 2(b) )
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 July 2025; updated 18 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

£10,000

Name of donor: Lord Agnew
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 (Previously published under Category 2(b) )
Donor status: individual
(Registered 28 November 2025; updated 18 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 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 (Previously published under Category 2(b) )
Donor status: individual
(Registered 22 January 2026; updated 19 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

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

Name of donor: The Knole Club
Address of donor: Private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000
Date received: 14 April 2026
Date accepted: 14 April 2026
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 5 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

£5,000

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)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

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)

On the register since 17 Sep 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)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Lawn Tennis Association
Address of donor: The National Tennis Centre 100 Priory Lane Roehampton London SW15 5JQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 2 tickets to Wimbledon on Tuesday 7 July, value £510
Date received: 7 July 2026
Date accepted: 7 July 2026
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 10 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: National Theatre
Address of donor: Upper Ground London SE1 9PX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 2 x tickets to War Horse £92 each, value £184
Date received: 4 July 2026
Date accepted: 4 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 749504
(Registered 10 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

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)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

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)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

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Debates

241 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:


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