Lauren Edwards MP

Lauren Edwards is the Labour MP for Rochester and Strood, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. Edwards worked as a parliamentary researcher for a number of Labour MPs including Barbara Keeley, Teresa Pearce and Lisa Nandy from 2008 to 2013. During this time she was Political Officer for Unite the Union's Parliamentary Staff Branch. From 2013 to 2016 she worked as a researcher at the postal section of the Communication Workers Union. Edwards worked at the Bank of England before her selection as a parliamentary candidate, as a manager in financial regulation including a secondment to HM Treasury for about six months working on Brexit related legislation.