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Lauren Edwards

Labour MP for Rochester and Strood, since 4 July 2024

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

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Scorecard

85.4% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
504 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
86 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
57 Debates spoken in 50 written questions tabled

Ranked 87 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading Aye 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Aye 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 No 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division Aye 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Sky UK
Address of donor: Sky Central, Osterley, Middlesex TW7 5QD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 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 £400
Date received: 20 June 2026
Date accepted: 20 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 2247735
(Registered 27 July 2026)

On the register since 18 Aug 2026

5. Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK

Name of donor: International Cricket Council (ICC)
Address of donor: Sh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, Dubai Sports City, Street 69, PO Box 500070 Dubai, UAE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket plus hospitality for the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup match between Australia and India at Lord's Cricket Ground, value £500
Date received: 28 June 2026
Date accepted: 28 June 2026
Donor status: company
(Registered 27 July 2026)

On the register since 18 Aug 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Labour & Co-Operative Councillor for Rochester East and Warren Wood, (unpaid since August 2024 and previously registered under Category 1).
Date interest arose: 5 July 2024
Date interest ended: 6 February 2025
(Registered 4 August 2024; updated 1 October 2025)

On the register since 12 Nov 2025

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

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

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Debates

57 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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