Tom Collins (politician)

{{Short description|British politician}}

{{BLP one source|date=July 2024}}

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| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}}

| image = Official portrait of Tom Collins MP crop 2.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2024

| office = Member of Parliament
for Worcester

| predecessor = Robin Walker

| term_start = 4 July 2024

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| majority = 7,116 (15.5%)

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| party = Labour

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| alma_mater = Aston University{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

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Thomas George Howard Collins is a British Labour Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester since 2024 having gained the seat from the Conservative Party.{{cite web | url=https://election.news.sky.com/elections/general-election-2024/worcester-637 | title=Worcester | General Election 2024 | work=Sky News }}

Before becoming an MP, he worked for Worcester, Bosch Group in Worcester for 19 years.{{cite news |url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24506449.labour-mp-tom-collinss-work-worcester-bosch-shapes-priorities/ |title=Labour MP Tom Collins's work at Worcester Bosch shapes priorities |work=Worcester News |date=10 August 2024 |first=Keiran |last=Williams |access-date=25 September 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.worcester-bosch.co.uk/about/news/tom-collins-heads-for-harvard |title=Tom Collins heads for Harvard |publisher=Worcester Bosch |date=24 April 2017 |access-date=24 September 2024}} Collins reportedly lead "Bosch’s engineering team working on the development of hydrogen-ready boilers".{{Cite web |title=Tom Collins – Climate Change Solutions |url=https://www.climate-change-solutions.co.uk/speaker/tom-collins/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241105131220/https://www.climate-change-solutions.co.uk/speaker/tom-collins/ |archive-date=2024-11-05 |access-date=2024-11-05 |language=en-GB}} Collins was also a councillor for Worcester City Council from 2018 to 2022 representing the Rainbow Hill ward.{{cite news |url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23185844.labour-chooses-candidate-battle-worcesters-next-mp/ |title=Labour chooses candidate for battle to be Worcester's next MP |work=Worcester News |date=12 December 2022 |first=Christian |last=Barnett |access-date=25 September 2024}}

In February 2025, The Daily Telegraph{{Cite web |title=The new Labour MPs who have barely said a word in Parliament |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/02/01/labour-new-mps-contributions-house-commons-backbenchers/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |language=en-GB}} reported that Tom Collins was ranked in the bottom 5 MPs for spoken contributions in Parliament, resulting in criticism in his constituency.{{Cite web |title=Worcester MP Tom Collins defends speaking just 7 times in parliament |url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24915547.worcester-mp-tom-collins-defends-speaking-just-7-times-parliament/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |language=en-GB}}