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How Lauren Sullivan votes

Lauren Sullivan voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 236 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Lauren Sullivan has 6 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
MiscellaneousAppointment as a Trustee of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. This is an unpaid role.29 Oct 2025
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Switzerland between 08 October 2025 and 09 October 202529 Oct 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesGravesham Borough Council - £1,564.0013 Oct 2025
MiscellaneousGravesham Borough Councillor, (unpaid since 1 August 2024 and previously registered under Category 1).31 Jul 2024
MiscellaneousKent County Councillor, (unpaid since 1 August 2024 and previously registered under Category 1).31 Jul 2024
MiscellaneousTrustee of a CIO/CIC organisation called Northfleet Central. This is an unpaid role.31 Jul 2024

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Lauren Sullivan asked 4 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Business and Trade2
Ministry of Justice1
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs1

Latest questions

4 Dec 2025 · to the Department for Business and Trade
Answered 12 Dec 2025
10 Nov 2025 · to the Department for Business and Trade
Answered 18 Nov 2025
10 Oct 2025 · to the Ministry of Justice
Answered 20 Oct 2025
10 Oct 2025 · to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answered 20 Oct 2025

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£19,304
Office costs · claims for running an office£11,418
Staffing · claims relating to staff£900
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£6,986

77 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Lauren Sullivan represents Gravesham. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Lauren Sullivan

Labour

MAJORITY
2,712

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
59%

of people who could vote did

Lauren Sullivan won with 38% of the votes, and Adam Holloway (Conservative) came second with 32%.

Votes for each party

Labour38% · 16,623
Conservative32% · 13,911
Reform UK21% · 8,910
Green Party5% · 2,254
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,534
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lauren SullivanLabour16,62338.5%
Adam HollowayConservative13,91132.2%
Matthew Fraser MoatReform UK8,91020.6%
Rebecca HopkinsGreen Party2,2545.2%
Ukonu ObasiLiberal Democrat1,5343.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£859 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this