Morecambe and Lunesdale.

Collinge's most significant act in this parliament was defying her party on welfare reform. On 1 July 2025 she voted against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at Second Reading -- one of the larger Labour rebellions of the current parliament -- and backed an opposition amendment designed to block the bill entirely. Her stance is consistent with her voting record: she scores 21 percentage points above her Labour peers on supporting disability benefits, and sits well below the party average on welfare expansion more broadly, suggesting principled rather than tactical opposition to this particular package of cuts.

Beyond that rebellion, Collinge is a 99.5% party-line voter and participates in 80% of votes -- close to the Commons average. Her speeches concentrate on social care, the economy and jobs, health, and local government, and her local coverage reflects similar priorities: she intervened publicly on NatWest's closure of Morecambe's only cash machine, promoted workers' rights reforms, and raised the threatened sale of Morecambe FC with ministers. She sits on the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, though her voting record shows only 46% alignment with pro-climate-action positions -- a gap worth watching. She votes consistently against Lords scrutiny and shows low alignment with civil liberties and criminal justice reform positions.

One negative story warrants attention: in May 2025 UnHerd reported a police review into allegedly undeclared election campaign spending, with inconsistencies in her returns and her office declining to comment. No charges or findings have been published in the data available here. News sentiment across 178 articles over the past 90 days is broadly neutral, with crime coverage slightly more positive -- reflecting her visible constituency work with local police.