Lauren Edwards - Labour MP for Rochester and Strood (Kent). Australian born Lauren has had a varied career in politics and the financial sector. She has worked at the Bank of England and as a researcher for Lisa Nandy. Lauren accepted the following donations in 2024:
£15,000 from Labour donor Gary Lubner.
£10,000 from the Trevor Chinn funded/Morgan McSweeney, Josh Simons run consortium @LabourTogether
£5,000 from Paktech Ltd.
£5,000 from
@unitetheunion
With her £93,904 salary, expenses, donations and perks, Lauren is doing very well financially at Westminister.
Lauren initially opposed the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill but ultimately voted in favour of the Bill after concessions were made. Lauren also voted to scrap the
#WinterFuelPayment 🥶 and maintain the two child benefit cap which ‘significantly contributes to child poverty’ in the U.K.
@UKLabour @RSLabour