A member of the National Rally (RN), she started her political career as a municipal councillor of Toulon (2014–2022).

However, she left her profession for a period in order to care for one of her children who was born with down's syndrome.

[2] Lavelette was elected municipal councillor within the opposition in Toulon in 2014 then regional councilor in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in June 2021.

[4] In 2022, she expressed opposition to proposals by the LREM led government to extend the abortion period in France.

[5] However, that same year Lavelette stated that she did not support banning abortion in France, claiming "at no time did I question the right to abortion" and added that repealing the Veil Act was "not a political objective" for her.