2026 MP Profile - Lu, Nancy - National

Nancy Lu is a backbench list MP with no ministerial, associate ministerial, or opposition spokesperson portfolios. Her committee roles (Finance and Expenditure member, Regulations Review Deputy Chair) have tangential relevance to seniors issues through fiscal scrutiny of NZ Super, health budgets, and aged care regulation, but she is not a leading voice or decision-maker on any seniors-relevant portfolio. She has no public statements on aged care, NZ Super, retirement housing, dementia, elder abuse, disability support, palliative care, or seniors policy. Her parliamentary activity focuses on economic/fiscal matters, ethnic communities, law and order, and small business. - ❌ Not a Minister or Associate Minister in any seniors-touching portfolio - ❌ Not an opposition spokesperson for Health, Social Development, Housing, or Seniors - ❌ Not Chair or Deputy Chair of Health, Social Services, or any seniors-relevant committee - ❌ No electorate with high 65+ population pressures to advocate on - ❌ No public positions on seniors-specific issues - ✅ Finance and Expenditure Committee member — tangential relevance to NZ Super funding, health expenditure The closest health-relevant activity is her work presenting a petition on breast cancer drug funding (see below), which tangentially relates to health equity and pharmaceutical funding for older adults. - Health supplements from GMP Pharmaceuticals NZ — potential interest in supplements/nutraceutical sector (minor; received as gift