Lauren Edwards MP: votes, interests and costs
Lauren Edwards (Labour) is the MP for Rochester and Strood, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Lauren Edwards as a current member of this committee.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] | 5 March 2025 | 20 March 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 29b4e195aeee.
Register of interests
Lauren Edwards has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 2 August 2024 and the latest on 27 July 2026. By category: Miscellaneous (2), Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK (1), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International Cricket Council (ICC) - £500.00
- Whether the benefit was via an All Parliamentary Group (APPG): APPG for Cricket
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Ticket plus hospitality for the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup match between Australia and India at Lord's Cricket Ground
- Value of the benefit: £500.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-28
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-28
- Name of the donor: International Cricket Council (ICC)
- Status of the donor: Company
Sky UK - £400.00
- Whether the benefit was via an All Parliamentary Group (APPG): APPG for Cricket
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets and hospitality for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup at Headingley, England vs Scotland (tickets valued £312 and estimated hospitality £88)
- Value of the benefit: £400.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-20
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-20
- Name of the donor: Sky UK
- Status of the donor: Company
Labour & Co-Operative Councillor for Rochester East and Warren Wood, (unpaid since August 2024 and previously registered under Category 1).
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-07-05
- Date on which the interest ended: 2025-02-06
- The type of interest: Other
Unpaid Director, Route to Zero Ltd.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Lauren Edwards's 2024-25 staffing spend as £107,396 (budget £185,538). Office costs came to £25,638 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 | £107,395.53 |
| Office costs: spent | £25,637.51 |
| Accommodation: spent | £164.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £588.71 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (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).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Rochester and Strood CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (casual), Caseworker (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent part time), Senior Communication Officer (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Lauren Edwards is recorded voting in 531 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 43 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 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 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, 50 written questions have been tabled by Lauren Edwards, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Ministry of Defence; Department of Health and Social Care; Department for Business and Trade; Treasury; and others.
Strategic Defence Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to implement the Strategic Defence Review.
Community Health Services: Rochester and Strood
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to community-based healthcare in Rochester and Strood constituency.
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on delivering the Defence Housing Strategy; what the total planned investment is for upgrading military accommodation; and how many service homes are expected to benefit in R …
Beer: Competition
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to introduce a guest beer agreement in England.
Financial Ombudsman Service
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to establish service standards to improve the effectiveness of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS); and pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2025 to Question 77954 on Financial Ombuds …
Pre-school Education: CCTV
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will give an update on her progress of appointment of an expert advisory group for the development of CCTV guidance for the early years sector.
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of State Pension age changes on 1950s-born women living in Rochester and Strood constituency.
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement UIN HCWS1044 on Pensions Update of 11 November 2025, what information his Department holds on the reasons that the findings of the 2007 research report did not le …
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement UIN HCWS1044 on Pensions Update of 11 November 2025, what estimate his Department has made of the potential costs of delivering compensation in line with the Parl …
Construction: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure adequate workforce capability to deliver (i) infrastructure and (ii) construction projects, in the context of recent cuts announced by the Construction …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 46770fa7d830. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Lauren Edwards.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 2,930 for Lauren Edwards in Rochester and Strood in July 2024, from 15,403 votes on a turnout of 57.4%. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Rochester and Strood figures
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