[3] Before standing as a Labour Party candidate, Lorck, who had vocally opposed Labour sacking the Hawke's Bay District Health Board (DHB), volunteered to phone canvass to motivate voter turnout for two hours for the National Party.

As a first time candidate she made significant progress into the margin against incumbent National Party MP Craig Foss, and announced she would stand again at the 2017 election.

[7] During a tightly fought contest, in July 2017 a complaint by a right-wing blogger, was made against Lorck to the Advertising Standards Authority over her billboard wording of "Your Local MP".

In response to media coverage, Lorck confirmed that she was undergoing leadership training and claimed that she had never received complaints of bullying from the staffer during their employment period.

[12][13] During the 2023 New Zealand general election, Lorck was unseated by National Party candidate Catherine Wedd, who won by a margin of 10,118 votes.