Pippa Heylings

British politician (elected 2024)

Pippa Heylings MP

Member of Parliament for South Cambridgeshire
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2024
Preceded by	Anthony Browne
Majority	10,641 (19.0%)

Personal details
Born	Phillippa Frances Heylings Kingston upon Hull, England^[1]
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Alma mater	Rhodes University

Phillippa Frances Heylings^[2] is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament for South Cambridgeshire since 2024.^[3] A Liberal Democrat, she has been a member of the South Cambridgeshire District Council for Histon and Impington since 2018, holding the title of Chair of Climate Change and Environment Advisory Committee.^[4]

Early life

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.^[5]

Parliamentary career

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%.^[6] 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).^[7] The notional 2019 result for the new seat was a narrow Conservative win over Liberal Democrat (43.5% to 41.0%),^[8] and Heylings' result in the new seat was described as a Liberal Democrat gain from the Conservatives.^[6]

Personal life

Heylings moved to South Cambridgeshire in 2012.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b Fridriksson, Thordis (31 January 2022). "The Evening Autobiography – Pippa Heylings". BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
^ "Heylings, Phillippa Frances". Connecting Africa. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
^ "South Cambridgeshire | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ "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.