Andrew Lawrence

Shadow Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Community and Housing
Regeneration, Culture and Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee spokesperson
Councillor for Hempstead & Wigmore
Group Treasurer

Andrew has lived in Hempstead for 16 years. Married with three children all of whom were born in Medway, Andrew is an insurance broker by professsion and owns a successful insurance intermediary employing 14 staff headquartered in Maidstone and with an office in Malta. Originally from South East London Andrew and his wife Rita moved to Medway in 2000.

Andrew has a passion for education becoming a Governor in 2015, he is Chair of an Academy Trust with three schools in Medway where he was the Chair of Governors.

News

Medway Conservatives welcomes housing inspection report

The Conservative Group today welcomed the outcome of the inspection carried out by the Regulator of Social Housing.  The inspection outcome of C2 (C1 being the top grade) is a testament to the hard work of the Housing team and the success of the improvement plan process initiated several years

Lack of Council enforcement is affecting the quality of life for residents

Medway Conservatives are calling for a review of the lack of enforcement by Medway Council as a new update shows a marked decline in the amount of enforcement. At the Regeneration, Culture and Environment Overview and Scrutiny meeting held last month, the council updated statistics on enforcement a

Shadow Cabinet Member on Kent Politics Show

Catch up on the latest political news from across Kent with Oliver Leader de Saxe joined by Labour's deputy leader of Medway Council Theresa Murray and the Conservative councillor Andrew Lawrence.  

Medway Council’s pothole performance takes a big dip

After a year of Medway Labour running Medway Council, the Conservatives have released data on Medway Council’s performance on repairing potholes across the authority.  Freely available reports show that for the period 1st January 2024 to 30th April 2024, the number of potholes repaired fell 37.

Medway Labour betray local residents and businesses over Chatham Docks

Last week, Medway Labour and Co-Operative Councillors sitting on the Planning Committee unsurprisingly broke all promises previously made to businesses and workers based in Basin 3 of Chatham Docks. Despite fighting the local elections last year on a promise of saving Chatham Docks - as well a