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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%).

11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Ayes 293, Noes 218 no vote recorded
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 80, Noes 281 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 144, Noes 244 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 Ayes 135, Noes 258 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 Ayes 143, Noes 249 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 Ayes 85, Noes 317 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion Ayes 233, Noes 94 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 Ayes 145, Noes 251 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 65, Noes 251 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 Ayes 81, Noes 266 no vote recorded
28 Apr 2026 Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Ayes 308, Noes 81 no vote recorded
28 Apr 2026 Privilege Ayes 223, Noes 335 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 Ayes 356, Noes 90 no vote recorded
2 Mar 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 105, Noes 410 no vote recorded
11 Feb 2026 Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 Ayes 277, Noes 143 no vote recorded
4 Feb 2026 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 Ayes 392, Noes 116 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 Ayes 294, Noes 108 no vote recorded
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24 Ayes 184, Noes 331 no vote recorded
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part Ayes 324, Noes 180 no vote recorded
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion Ayes 100, Noes 100 no vote recorded
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 Ayes 87, Noes 299 no vote recorded
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Ayes 255, Noes 128 no vote recorded
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Ayes 254, Noes 135 no vote recorded
29 Oct 2025 European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion Ayes 96, Noes 154 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 Ayes 0, Noes 47 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 58 no vote recorded
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 33 no vote recorded
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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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