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Laurence Turner

Labour Birmingham Northfield

Voting record

6
Voted for
2
Voted against
1
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Laurence Turner’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Laurence Turner — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 517 of 590 (88%).

8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Ayes 162, Noes 297 No
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Ayes 106, Noes 302 No
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Ayes 108, Noes 357 No
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 Ayes 79, Noes 300 No
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Ayes 170, Noes 316 No
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 Ayes 77, Noes 317 No
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 No
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Ayes 108, Noes 307 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Ayes 171, Noes 322 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 Ayes 74, Noes 323 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 104, Noes 391 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Ayes 164, Noes 311 No
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 Ayes 155, Noes 279 No
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 Ayes 167, Noes 266 No
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 Ayes 77, Noes 271 No
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 Ayes 80, Noes 298 No
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 Ayes 99, Noes 371 No
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Ayes 170, Noes 301 No
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 171, Noes 302 No
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) Ayes 104, Noes 316 No
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) Ayes 78, Noes 408 No
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) Ayes 104, Noes 317 No
19 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) Ayes 108, Noes 323 No
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence Ayes 98, Noes 306 No
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas Ayes 108, Noes 297 No
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans Ayes 88, Noes 266 No
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty Ayes 103, Noes 259 No
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 Ayes 175, Noes 292 No
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 Ayes 172, Noes 283 No
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 174, Noes 292 No
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

Laurence Turner currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Assistant Whip — Whips Office (Commons) — since 2026-07-22 Government

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Laurence Turner →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

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

Name of donor: GMB Midlands
Address of donor: 542 Woodborough Road, Mapperley, Nottingham NG3 5FJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 30 August 2026)

Employment & business
8. Miscellaneous

Chair of the GMB Parliamentary Group. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 11 November 2024
Date interest ended: 22 July 2026
(Registered 20 November 2024; updated 24 July 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Laurence Turner yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Laurence Turner has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£183,290.90 paid out to or for Laurence Turner across 199 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Laurence Turner’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £126,576.11 (6 claims)
Office Costs — £32,212.22 (165 claims)
Accommodation — £22,039.93 (23 claims)
MP Travel — £1,053.63 (2 claims)
Miscellaneous — £744.00 (1 claim)
Staff Travel — £665.01 (2 claims)
Most recent claims
Postage & couriers — £119.88, 2026-03-30 — RM ONLINE INVOICE PAYM [200013613-660]
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £207.07, 2026-03-20 — Landline
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £63.64, 2026-03-04 — Internet
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £75.00, 2026-03-02 — Internet
Stationery & printing — £304.28, 2026-02-21 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £608.57, 2026-02-20 — XMA March 2026
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £207.07, 2026-02-19 — Landline
Stationery & printing — £532.20, 2026-02-16 — Pride in Place engagement, printing

Every claim on file for Laurence Turner →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Laurence Turner — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Laurence Turner’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Laurence Turner is a listed officer of 4 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Archives and History — Vice Chair
Declared funding: Archives and Records Association (£1,501-3,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Freedom and Democracy in Belarus — Co-Chair
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Transport — Vice Chair
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Plastics — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Archives and Records Association — about £2,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Archives and History).

Archives and Records Association — about £2,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Laurence Turner personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Laurence Turner is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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