Lauren Sullivan
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 | |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Profession | Politician |
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]
Early career
[edit]Sullivan 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
Political career
[edit]In 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.[5]
Sullivan has been a Councillor on Gravesham Borough Council since 2015. She has been a Cabinet Member since 2019 and resigned as a Cabinet Member following her election to Parliament.
Sullivan's husband is the Deputy Leader of Gravesham Borough Council.
Sullivan has been a Councillor on Kent County Council since 2017. Since 2021, she has been the Leader of the Opposition at Kent County Council, a position from which she resigned 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]
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.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "Gravesham results - General election results 2024". BBC News. July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
External links
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- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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