political
Local
A Waverley Borough Councillor: Laurens ward achieved the highest number of conservative votes in all 140 wards of Surrey and was in the top 3 conservative vote share in the County. By knocking on over 1000 targeted doors, making over 300 calls, delivering thousands of pieces of literature and instigating a full canvass enabled a momentous defeat for the Lib Dems.
A campaigner and activist: In Southwest Surrey Lauren is supporting The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP and an active member of Esher and Walton, supporting Dominic Raab MP. Bringing her extraordinary work ethic and focus on what really matters to her breadth of political work; canvassing, supporting 80:20 seats in other local constituencies and undertaking telephone campaigns. One of which ensured MPs Paul Beresford and Claire Coutinho achieved a full slate of candidates in the local election.
Local champion and advocate: Always executing on a vision. Meeting as many community stakeholders and businesses as possible and even recruited her family as activists!
National
The Pandemic Response
During the pandemic, whilst Lauren was of the view that Covid was a serious disease for the vulnerable, which needed to be controlled; she did not think that lockdown and furlough adequately considered the economic, health and social costs. Lauren assisted the Covid Recovery Group, Steve Baker MP and Mark Harper MP with the “What About Weddings” campaign; their media lobbying ensured that the route out of lockdown was made as easy as possible for couples who wanted to get married.
Lauren also supported the CRG’s Strategic Advisory and Communications team to develop a policy on “getting schools open as fast as possible in early 2021.” This led to her involvement in the relaunch of The Conservative Way Forward as a member of the advisory board.
DEFRA expert advice
Lauren is working with the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to find pragmatic solutions for the complexities of current and future environmental development costs.
Housing
Lauren has raised the profile of many aspects of housing reform, speaking openly in her capacity of Managing Director of The Malins Group, to reduce the gulf between the aims of housing at Government level and how this sensitively translates at Local Council level.
