Laura Trott

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Laura Trott

Official portrait, 2023
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Assumed office
13 November 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byJohn Glen
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions
In office
27 October 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byAlex Burghart
Member of Parliament
for Sevenoaks
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byMichael Fallon
Majority20,818 (40.9%)
Personal details
Born
Laura Trott

(1984-12-07) 7 December 1984 (age 39)
Oxted, England
Political partyConservative
Children3
Alma materPembroke College, Oxford
WebsiteOfficial website

Laura Trott MBE (born 7 December 1984)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sevenoaks at the 2019 general election.

Trott was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions until November 2023, when she was named the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in a cabinet reshuffle.

Her father, Jim Trott, is a former chief dealer of the Bank of England.

References[change | change source]

  1. Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.