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
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) No 364–167
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) No 327–182
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) No 362–164
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 No 348–176
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) No 369–166
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) No 371–166
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading No 322–179
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80 Aye 187–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69 Aye 189–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 No vote 87–321
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 No vote 99–367
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No vote 57–309
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 No vote 74–311
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 158–318
19 Nov 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No 326–92
19 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division No vote 376–16
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading No 320–105
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment Aye 165–327
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 No vote 147–318
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 No vote 143–318
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40 No vote 244–132
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No vote 250–133
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 No vote 252–130
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No vote 254–129
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33 No vote 257–128

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

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

10 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £74,270 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
14 Apr 2026 Mrs Laura Trott sitting MP The Knole Club Unincorporated Association Cash £4,000
27 Mar 2026 Mrs Laura Trott sitting MP Charles Max Keymer Individual Cash £5,000
20 Dec 2025 Mrs Laura Trott sitting MP Sophie Smith Individual Non Cash Staff costs £4,000
20 Nov 2025 Mrs Laura Trott sitting MP Lord Agnew Individual Cash £10k
19 Aug 2025 Mrs Laura Trott sitting MP Lord John Nash Individual Cash £3,000
23 Jul 2025 Mrs Laura Trott sitting MP Charles Max Keymer Individual Cash £2,500
14 Jul 2025 Mrs Laura Trott sitting MP Lord Philip Harris of Peckham Individual Cash £25k
5 Jun 2025 Mrs Laura Trott sitting MP Lord Fink Individual Cash £10k
20 Jan 2025 Mrs Laura Trott sitting MP Charles Max Keymer Individual Cash £2,500
20 Sep 2024 Mrs Laura Trott sitting MP Alan Burke Individual Cash £8,270

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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