Lizzi Collinge | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Morecambe and Lunesdale | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | David Morris |
| Majority | 5,815 (12.1%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lancashire,England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Website | www |
Elizabeth Rachel Collinge, [1] known as Lizzi Collinge,is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament for Morecambe and Lunesdale since 2024. [2]
Collinge was born in Lancashire,and moved to rural Cumbria as a child. She moved to the Morecambe and Lunesdale area in 2005. [3] She has a first class honours BA in politics and Spanish from the University of Central Lancashire (2012),after studying as a mature student. [3] [4]
Collinge has been a member of Lancashire County Council,representing Lancaster East for Labour,since 2016. [5]
Collinge first stood for election in Morecambe and Lunesdale in the 2019 general election,where she came in second place with 39% of the vote behind David Morris,the incumbent Conservative MP,with 53%. [6]
Collinge was selected in September 2023 as the Labour candidate for Morecambe and Lunesdale for the next general election. [7] In the 2024 general election she was elected as MP for the seat,with 40.8% of the vote and a majority of 5,815 over the second-placed candidate,the Conservative David Morris who had previously represented the seat since 2010. There were five candidates,and a turnout of 63%. [2]
The constituency's boundaries had been changed following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,and the 2024- constituency was made up of parts of:
The notional 2019 result for the area was Conservative. [9]
Collinge was sworn in as an MP on 10 July 2024. [1] She made her maiden speech on 22 July 2024,paying tribute to the previous MPs for the three seats making up the new constituency (David Morris,Tim Farron and Cat Smith),and to Geraldine Smith who had held Morecambe and Lunesdale from 1997 to 2010,and to the 50:50 Parliament campaign and the Labour Women's Network for their work to see more women elected. She described the constituency as "definitely the most beautiful constituency in the country". [10]
In November 2024,Collinge voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill,which proposes to legalise assisted suicide. [11] She had spoken in the debate,urging members to support the bill. [12]
Collinge is married to Miles,who works full-time in the NHS. [10] They have two children and live in Heysham. [3] She is a humanist. [10]
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