Laurence Turner MP: votes, interests and costs
Laurence Turner represents Birmingham Northfield in the House of Commons for Labour. The Members API lists the post of Assistant Whip from 22 July 2026.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists one current post for Laurence Turner.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Whip | Whips Office (Commons) | 22 July 2026 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill | 15 October 2026 | Current |
| Transport Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Railways Bill | 7 January 2026 | 10 February 2026 |
| Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] | 13 May 2025 | 15 May 2025 |
| Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] | 5 March 2025 | 20 March 2025 |
| Employment Rights Bill | 13 November 2024 | 16 January 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 4850255ee34b.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Laurence Turner, as the MP registered them: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1), Miscellaneous (1). Latest registration 30 August 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
GMB Midlands - £4,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £4,000.00
- Name of the donor: GMB Midlands
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
Chair of the GMB Parliamentary Group. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-11-11
- Date on which the interest ended: 2026-07-22
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 29 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £126,066 for Laurence Turner in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. Office costs came to £20,104 of a £30,426 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £126,066.11 |
| Office costs: spent | £20,103.83 |
| Accommodation: spent | £18,841.07 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £1,718.64 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £26,608 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024, with an uplift to cover the cost of one dependant).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Birmingham Northfield BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Office Manager (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Laurence Turner is recorded voting in 550 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 60 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 20 October 2026, was an Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 29 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 356 written questions have been tabled by Laurence Turner, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Ministry of Justice; Department for Work and Pensions; Department for Education; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; and others.
Supported Housing: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-Birmingham residents have been placed in supported exempt accommodation in Birmingham by HM Prison and Probation Service in each of the last five years.
Apprentices: Window Blinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department holds information on trends in the number of apprenticeship starts in the windows blinds manufacturing and installation sector.
Supported Housing: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Supported Exempt Accommodation properties Ofsted inspected in Birmingham in each of the last ten years.
Birmingham City Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for publishing the Birmingham Commissioners' latest report to the Secretary of State.
Latex: Allergies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of latex glove usage in the food industry on individuals with a latex allergy.
National Highways and Network Rail: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average age and (b) number of deaths in service was for employees of (i) National Highways and (ii) Network Rail in each of the last ten years.
Game: Birds
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to launch the call for evidence on how gamebirds are reared in the gamebird sector.
Pigs: Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 20 May to Question UIN 362, what her Department's proposed timetable is for introducing a consultation to ban the use of carbon dioxide gas stunning of pigs.
Roads: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 22 of the Road Safety Strategy, what discussions her Department has had with trade unions on the development of the National Work-Related Road Safety Charter.
High Speed Two
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when HS2 Ltd will next publish minutes of its board meetings.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 77883376114b. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Laurence Turner.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Birmingham Northfield returned Laurence Turner with a majority of 5,389: 14,929 votes, 39.6% of those cast, against 9,540 for Gary Sambrook. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Birmingham Northfield figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.