Pippa Heylings
Pippa Heylings | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for South Cambridgeshire | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Anthony Browne |
| Majority | 10,641 (19.0%) |
| Liberal Democrat portfolios | |
| 2024–present | Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Member of South Cambridgeshire District Council for Histon and Impington | |
| In office 8 May 2018 – 5 September 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Phillippa Frances Heylings Kingston upon Hull, England[1] |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Alma mater | Rhodes University |
Phillippa Frances Heylings,[2] known as Pippa Heylings, is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Cambridgeshire since 2024.[3] She served as a member of the South Cambridgeshire District Council for Histon and Impington between 2018 and 2024[4] and chaired the council's Climate Change and Environment Advisory Committee from inception in 2020 until her resignation.[5]
Early life
[edit]Heylings was born in Kingston upon Hull,[1] her mother a nurse and her father a GP, and grew up with three brothers. In 1997, Heylings graduated from Rhodes University in South Africa with a master's degree in environmental education.[6]
Parliamentary career
[edit]Heylings was elected as MP for South Cambridgeshire at the 2024 general election. She won 25,704 votes (46.8%), with a majority of 10,641 over the second-placed Conservative candidate. There were six candidates and a turnout of 71%.[7] Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency's boundaries had changed, so that the 2024 seat was made up of parts of the previous South Cambridgeshire constituency (67.4% by area and 72.2% by population of the new seat), South East Cambridgeshire (31.9% by area and 18.8% by population) and Cambridge (0.7% by area and 9.0% by population).[8] The notional 2019 result for the new seat was a narrow Conservative win over Liberal Democrat (43.5% to 41.0%),[9] and Heylings's result in the new seat was described as a Liberal Democrat gain from the Conservatives.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Heylings moved to Impington in the South Cambridgeshire District in 2012.[10][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fridriksson, Thordis (31 January 2022). "The Evening Autobiography – Pippa Heylings". BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Heylings, Phillippa Frances. "Professional development in environmental education in Zanzibar, Tanzania: distances encountered in a semi-distance learning course". Connecting-Africa. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "South Cambridgeshire | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "South Cambridgeshire MP Pippa Heylings stands down as district councillor". Cambridge Independent. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Councillor details – Cllr Pippa Heylings". scambs.moderngov.co.uk. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Pippa Heylings". University of Cambridge: Centre for Science and Policy. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ a b "South Cambridgeshire - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "South Cambridgeshire (31 May 2024 - ) - overlaps". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Notional election for the constituency of South Cambridgeshire on 12 December 2019". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "About Pippa Heylings". South Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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