| Lauren Sullivan | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Office2: | Member of Parliament for Gravesham |
| Term Start2: | 4 July 2024 |
| Majority2: | 2,712 (6.3%) |
| Predecessor2: | Adam Holloway |
| Nationality: | British |
| Party: | Labour |
| Profession: | Scientist |
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]
Sullivan researched neglected tropical diseases under Regius Professor Michael Ferguson at the University of Dundee, specialising in African sleeping sickness. 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".[3] 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.
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.[4]
On 24 July 2024, Baxter made her maiden speech in the House of Commons during a debate on education and opportunity.[5]