Pippa Heylings
British politician (elected 2024)
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Phillippa Frances Heylings,[2] known as Pippa Heylings, is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Cambridgeshire since 2024. A member of the Liberal Democrats, she previously represented Histon and Impington on the South Cambridgeshire District Council from 2018 to 2024.[3]
Pippa Heylings | |
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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 Spokesperson on Energy Security and Net Zero | |
| Assumed office 18 September 2024 | |
| Leader | Ed Davey |
| Preceded by | Wera Hobhouse |
| 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] |
| Party | Liberal Democrats |
| Alma mater | Rhodes University |
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.[4] She unsuccessfully contested the seat of South East Cambridgeshire in the 2019 general election.[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's result in the new seat was described as a Liberal Democrat gain from the Conservatives.[6]
She gave her maiden speech on 26 July 2024,[9] and resigned her seat on the South Cambridgeshire District Council a few months later. She was later appointed as the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Energy Security and Net Zero in September 2024.[10]
In November 2024, Heylings voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide, citing her reasons on her website.[11]
On 15 September 2025, she left the Environmental Audit Select Committee and was replaced by Roz Savage.[12]