Victoria Collins

Collins was privately educated at Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School,^[4] before studying history at Durham University from 2006 to 2009.^[5] She later completed a master's degree in international economic policy at Sciences Po in Paris.^{[6][better source needed]}

She is of Chinese descent.^[7] In her maiden speech in Parliament, Collins indicated that her mother arrived in the United Kingdom from Malaysia for her education in 1974, and her mother went on to run a shop where Victoria helped as she was growing up.^[8]

She has previously worked on economic and environmental policy in the European Parliament,^[9][10] and was a contributor on Forbes's website.^[6] She has also worked as an independent consultant on sustainability.^[10]

Collins contested the Poole constituency for the Liberal Democrats at the 2019 general election. She came third, with 15.5% of the vote.^[1][11]

Collins was selected as the Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for the South West Hertfordshire constituency in October 2022.^[12] However, due to the 2023 Boundary Commission changes, she was no longer located within the constituency, and she therefore was made to be the candidate for the Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.^[13] She was elected to represent the constituency with a majority of 10,708 votes over the second place Conservative candidate Nigel Gardner.^[3]