Dr Lauren Sullivan MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Gravesham is Dr Lauren Sullivan (Labour).
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Dr Lauren Sullivan; earlier posts are below.
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill | 25 June 2025 | 25 June 2025 |
| Crime and Policing Bill | 20 March 2025 | 13 May 2025 |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 21 October 2024 | 22 June 2026 |
Other posts
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Chair of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Board | 4 February 2025 | Current |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 f54bcbaa9b42.
Register of interests
Dr Lauren Sullivan has 6 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 31 July 2024 and the latest on 29 October 2025. By category: Miscellaneous (4), Visits 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.
Appointment as a Trustee of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-10-09
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
International visit to Switzerland between 08 October 2025 and 09 October 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Visit by MPs who Chair Global Health related APPGs to meet with global institutions working to end TB, malaria and HIV, improve immunisation coverage, and protect child health.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-10-08
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-10-09
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: APPG on Global Health
Gravesham Borough Council - £1,564.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Free car parking in Gravesham Borough Council car parks when on constituency business
- Value of the benefit: £1,564.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-09-25
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-09-26
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-09-24
- Name of the donor: Gravesham Borough Council
- Status of the donor: Other
Gravesham Borough Councillor, (unpaid since 1 August 2024 and previously registered under Category 1).
- Date on which the interest ended: 2025-03-15
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Kent County Councillor, (unpaid since 1 August 2024 and previously registered under Category 1).
- Date on which the interest ended: 2025-03-15
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Trustee of a CIO/CIC organisation called Northfleet Central. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 810f7be1a421. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Dr Lauren Sullivan's office spent £136,580 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. Office costs came to £9,055 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 | £136,579.80 |
| Office costs: spent | £9,055.19 |
| Accommodation: spent | £4,172.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £4,504.72 |
| 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: Gravesham CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Administrative Officer (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Intern (fixed term part time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Dr Lauren Sullivan voted in the House of Commons: 529 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 49 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 15 October 2026, was a No on "Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 15 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Dr Lauren Sullivan has tabled 12 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Business and Trade; Ministry of Justice; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; and others.
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to support local high streets.
Aviation: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade,? what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of consumer protection for customers using third party airline aggregators.
Environment Protection: Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure that magistrates’ courts hand down proportionate sentences for environmental crime.
Fly-tipping: Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to (a) amend legislation and (b) increase local authority enforcement powers relating to fly-tipping.
Gaza: Press Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of compliance with international protections for journalists in the conflict in Gaza; and what steps he is taking to support internat …
River Thames: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) improve water quality in the river Thames and (b) protect local wildlife from (i) plastic pollution and (ii) sewage discharges.
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the performance of the DVLA’s Drivers Medical Group in processing medical licence renewals; and what steps he is taking to improve service delivery for drivers wit …
Railways: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on improving rail connectivity in Wales.
Older Workers: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to prevent age discrimination in recruitment.
Vitiligo: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure patients with vitiligo have access to effective treatments in the context of NICE's decision not to recommend Ruxolitinib for NHS use.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 47316b7a4e4c. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Dr Lauren Sullivan.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 2,712 for Dr Lauren Sullivan in Gravesham in July 2024, from 16,623 votes on a turnout of 59.1%. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Gravesham 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.