Official portrait of Victoria Collins

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, since 4 July 2024

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Science, Innovation & Technology)

Victoria Collins is the Liberal Democrat MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Science, Innovation & Technology).

Scorecard

67.7% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
389 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
186 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
2 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Liberal Democrat MPs
9 Interests declared 2 at £5,000 or more
160 Debates spoken in 783 written questions tabled

Ranked 409 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 No 277–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 No 278–73
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 No 281–70
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 Aye 356–90
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 No 301–157
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 No vote 300–101
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 No 291–174
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No 299–169
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 307–176
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No vote 290–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No vote 292–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 No vote 300–149
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 286–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 295–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 291–158
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence No vote 98–306
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas No vote 108–297
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No 278–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No 281–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 280–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 279–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 280–161
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans No vote 88–266
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty No vote 103–259
18 Mar 2026 Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 277–99

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Bridget Fox
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Paid for fundraising dinner for Harpenden & Berkhamsted Liberal Democrat local party, value £1,773.60
Donor status: individual
(Registered 12 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

£5,000

Name of donor: Allison Wren
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 support via Harpenden & Berkhamsted local party, funding for local election campaigns.
Donor status: individual
(Registered 12 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

£9,990

Name of donor: Founders Comms
Address of donor: 2 Arundel St, Temple, London WC2R 3DA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for London Tech Week for MP and staff member. Value per ticket £4 995., value £9,990
Date received: 8 June 2026 to 10 June 2026
Date accepted: 8 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 15600212
(Registered 30 June 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary membership of the National Liberal Club as recently elected MP, value £1,140
Date received: 23 December 2025 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 23 December 2025
Donor status: company, registration 1355034
(Registered 7 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

Name of donor: PRS for Music
Address of donor: Goldings House, 2 Hays Lane, London SE1 2HB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Glastonbury event tickets, accommodation, food and transport for two people sponsored by PRS for Music, value £2,872
Date received: 26 June 2025 to 28 June 2025
Date accepted: 26 June 2025
Donor status: company, registration 3444246
(Registered 23 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: (1) ELNET UK (2) LDFI Lib Dem Friends of Israel
Address of donor: (1) ELNET UK, London, W1B 2LG (2) Woodside, 40 Shenle Hill, Radlett, Herts, WD7 7BD
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) 79% of the Flights (£739.44), 79% of the accommodation (£722.85) and 79% of the meals (£352.34), value £1,814.63 (2) 21% of the Flights (£196.56),21% of the accommodation (£192.15) and 21% of the meals (£93.66), value £482.37
Destination of visit: Israel and Palestine
Dates of visit: 15 February 2026 to 19 February 2026
Purpose of visit: Meeting with Israeli and Palestinian campaigners, politicians, academics and diplomats.
(Registered 20 April 2026)

On the register since 27 May 2026

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (Studio Flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Ile-de-France, France
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Home Grown Life Ltd
Nature of business: Online gardening products, promoting urban gardening.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Unpaid directorship of Home Grown Life Ltd.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

160 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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