Rt Hon Laura Trott, MP for Sevenoaks
Laura Trott has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Shadow Secretary of State for Education.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury (HM Treasury) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2022 to 2023 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education (Department for Education) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (HM Treasury) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill | 2023 | |
| Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill | 2022 | |
| Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill | 2022 | |
| Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (England and Wales) | 2021 | |
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2020 to 2022 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Laura Trott has 16 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Lord (Philip) Harris - £30,000.00 | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | National Theatre - £184.00 | 10 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Lawn Tennis Association - £510.00 | 10 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | The Knole Club - £4,000.00 | 5 May 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Charles Max Keyner - £5,000.00 | 29 Mar 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to France between 15 January 2025 and 17 January 2025 | 9 Feb 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Sophie Smith - £4,000.00 | 22 Jan 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | National Theatre - £138.00 | 4 Dec 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Lord Agnew - £10,000.00 | 28 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 06 November 2025 - £6,000.00 | 28 Nov 2025 |
Show the other 6
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings | Speaking Engagement - Coex Partners | 28 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 22 October 2025 - £6,000.00 | 3 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Speaking Engagement - Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) | 3 Nov 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Lord John Nash - £3,000.00 | 4 Sep 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Lord [Philip] Harris - £25,000.00 | 18 Jul 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Lord Fink - £10,000.00 | 11 Jun 2025 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Laura Trott asked 27 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
46 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Laura Trott represents Sevenoaks. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Laura Trott won with 37% of the votes, and Richard Streatfeild (Liberal Democrat) came second with 26%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Trott | Conservative | 18,328 | 36.7% |
| Richard Streatfeild | Liberal Democrat | 12,888 | 25.8% |
| James Milmine | Reform UK | 9,341 | 18.7% |
| Denise Scott-McDonald | Labour | 6,802 | 13.6% |
| Laura Manston | Green Party | 2,033 | 4.1% |
| Elwyn Jones | Rejoin EU | 298 | 0.6% |
| Adam Hibbert | Social Democratic Party | 209 | 0.4% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Laura Trott took part in 138 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Laura Trott voted the same way as their party in 138 of the 138 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
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| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this