Elizabeth Rachel Collinge,[1] known as Lizzi Collinge, is a British Labour party politician serving as Member of Parliament for Morecambe and Lunesdale, in Lancashire and Cumbria, since the 2024 general election.[2]
Lizzi Collinge | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Morecambe and Lunesdale | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | David Morris |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
| Website | www |
Early life and education
editCollinge 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]
Political career
editCollinge has been a member of Lancashire County Council, representing Lancaster East for Labour, since 2016.[5]
Parliamentary career
editCollinge 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 previous Conservative-held Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency (35.1% by area and 76.3% by population of the new seat);
- the Liberal Democrat-held Westmorland and Lonsdale, which still exists with revised boundaries (46.5% by area and 18.9% by population);
- and the former Labour-held Lancaster and Fleetwood (18.4% by area and 4.8% by population).[8]
The notional 2019 result for the area was Conservative.[9]
Personal life
editCollinge is married with two children and lives in Heysham.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Votes and Proceedings: Wednesday 10 July 2024". House of Commons. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Morecambe and Lunesdale - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "About". Lizzi Collinge. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Lizzi Collinge". LinkedIn. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Councillor details - County Councillor Lizzi Collinge". council.lancashire.gov.uk. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Election results for Morecambe and Lunesdale, 12 December 2019". committeeadmin.lancaster.gov.uk. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Labour candidate selected for new Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency". Beyond Radio. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Morecambe and Lunesdale (31 May 2024 - ) - overlaps". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Notional election for the constituency of Morecambe and Lunesdale on 12 December 2019". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
External links
edit- Official website
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- "Watch as Labour's Lizzi Collinge wins in Morecambe and Lunesdale". Lancaster Guardian. 5 July 2024. 5m35s video clip of announcement of 2024 general election result and Collinge's acceptance speech