Lauren Edwards | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Rochester and Strood | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Kelly Tolhurst |
Majority | 2,293 (5.4%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Altona, Victoria, Australia |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Lauren Rae Edwards is an Australian-born British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Rochester and Strood since 2024. [1]
Edwards was born in Altona, Melbourne, Australia, and moved to the UK in 2005, to study a Masters at the London School of Economics. [2]
She previously worked in the Bank of England as a manager.
In 2021, she was elected to Medway Council in a by-election from Rochester East ward. [3] She was cabinet member for economic and social regeneration and inward investment. [4]
In 2024, she unseated Conservative MP Kelly Tolhurst.