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Lauren Edwards

Labour Rochester and Strood

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Lauren Edwards is the Labour MP for Rochester and Strood, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

489

Votes Cast

£133,786

Expenses 2024-25

2,930

Majority

36.2%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£133,786

Staffing£107,396

Office£25,638

Travel£589

Accommodation£164

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Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 42,598 voters

✓Labour

15,403 votes36.2%

Conservative

12,473 votes29.3%

Reform UK

9,966 votes23.4%

Green Party

2,427 votes5.7%

Liberal Democrat

1,894 votes4.5%

Workers Party of Britain

245 votes0.6%

Heritage Party

190 votes0.5%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

Written Questions

Oral Questions

Debates Spoken In⚑

Speeches⚑

489

Divisions Voted

⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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Aye: 244No: 245

489 votes — page 1 of 20

AYE

Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026

15 Jul 2026

You

AYE

Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots

15 Jul 2026

You

3 NO

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 14 Jul 2026

You

You

You

National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1

6 Jul 2026

You

3 NO

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

3 votes · 1 Jul 2026

NONew Clause 2

You

NONew Clause 4

You

NONew Clause 5

You

4 NO

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

4 votes · 22 Jun 2026

You

You

You

You

National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion

17 Jun 2026

You

4 NO

National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee

4 votes · 17 Jun 2026

You

You

You

You

3 NO

Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages

3 votes · 16 Jun 2026

You

You

You

Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

16 Jun 2026

You

3 NO

Railways Bill Remaining Stages

3 votes · 10 Jun 2026

NONew Clause 1

You

NOAmendment 143

You

NOAmendment 148

You

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Financial Interests(2)

Miscellaneous

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Unpaid Director, Route to Zero Ltd. (Registered 2 August 2024)

Registered 2 August 2024

Miscellaneous

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Date interest arose: 5 July 2024
Date interest ended: 6 February 2025

Registered 4 August 2024; updated 1 October 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Lauren in Parliament

Written Questions50 Oral Questions31 Early Day Motions

Jobcentres

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how people will access professional careers advice within the new Jobs and Careers Service.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions16 Dec 2025

National Careers Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many professionally qualified Level 6 and 7 careers advisers the National Careers Service employs; and how this number will change under the pl

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions16 Dec 2025

Hospitals: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2025 to Question 80707 on Hospitals: Special Educational Needs, if he will publish a breakdown by region

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care3 Nov 2025

British Nationals Abroad: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to provide support to families whose relatives have died abroad in suspicious circu

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office22 Oct 2025

Hospices: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that hospice contracts reflect (a) the cost of the services they provide and (b) the needs of their local po

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care15 Oct 2025

Hospitals: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what general training all hospital and general practice staff are expected to receive in order to understand the needs of neuro-divergent and

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care10 Oct 2025

Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) transparency and (b) awareness of health support in workplaces.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade29 Aug 2025

Business: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to incentivise businesses to support the health of their workforce.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade29 Aug 2025

Small Businesses: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure SMEs can access (a) robust and (b) high-quality mental health training for staff.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade29 Aug 2025

Older Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support older people to remain in work.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions29 Aug 2025

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