Lauren Sullivan is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Gravesham since the 2024 general election. Before being elected as a Member of Parliament, she was a scientist and a chemistry teacher.[1][2][failed verification]
Lauren Sullivan | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Gravesham | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Adam Holloway |
| Majority | 2,712 (6.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Labour |
| Profession | Politician |
Early career
editSullivan researched neglected tropical diseases under Regius Professor Michael Ferguson at the University of Dundee, specialising in African sleeping sickness.[3] She graduated from the University of Dundee with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2012 with a doctoral thesis titled "Discovery and development of diagnostic biomarkers for human African trypanosomiasis".[4] She then worked on malaria under Jean Langhorne at the Francis Crick Institute in London, having held a Daphne Jackson fellowship. She is also qualified as a secondary school science teacher.[3]
She has served as Borough Councillor at Gravesham Borough Council and Leader of the Opposition at Kent County Council.
In her youth, Sullivan was elected as a Member of the UK Youth Parliament.[5]
Political career
editIn the 2024 general election, Sullivan was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Gravesham with 16,623 votes (38.5%) and a majority of 2,712 over the second place Conservative candidate and incumbent, Adam Holloway.[6]
Sullivan was a Councillor on Gravesham Borough Council from 2015 until 2025. She had been a Cabinet Member since 2019 and resigned as a Cabinet Member following her election to Parliament.
On 24 July 2024, Sullivan made her maiden speech in the House of Commons during a debate on education and opportunity.[3]
On 20 May 2026, she was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.[7]
References
edit- ↑ "Gravesham - General election results 2024". BBC News.
- ↑ "New Gravesham Labour parliamentary candidate Dr Lauren Sullivan calls for General Election this year". Kent Online. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- 1 2 3 Dr Lauren Sullivan (24 July 2024). "Education and Opportunity". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. United Kingdom: House of Commons. col. 761–763.
- ↑ Sullivan, Lauren (2012). Discovery and development of diagnostic biomarkers for human African trypanosomiasis (PhD thesis). University of Dundee. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ↑ "Lauren Sullivan extracts from Youth Services (15th May 2025)". www.parallelparliament.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ "Gravesham results - General election results 2024". BBC News. July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ↑ Elgot, Jessica (20 May 2026). "X.com". X.com.
External links
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- Official website
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- Profile on OpenSanctions, an open database of sanctions and persons of interest