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Chris Hinchliff | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for North East Hertfordshire | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Oliver Heald |
Majority | 1,923 (3.7%) |
North Hertfordshire District councillor for Royston Palace ward | |
In office 5 May 2022 –2 September 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1993or1994(age 30–31) [1] |
Political party | Labour |
Other political affiliations | Labour Co-op (as a councillor) |
Relatives | Peter Hinchliff (grandfather) |
Education | King's College,Cambridge |
Christopher Volante Hinchliff [2] (born 1993or1994) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hertfordshire since 2024. [3] [4] Prior to becoming a politician,he worked for CPRE,The Countryside Charity. [5]
Hinchliff was educated at The Howard of Effingham School in Surrey and King's College,Cambridge,where he read history and was a member of Cambridge University Labour Club. [6] Afterwards,he studied for an MSc in ecological economics at the University of Edinburgh,graduating in 2016. [6]
He was a Labour Party organiser before working for the charities Independent Age and CPRE. [6] From 2022 to 2024,he was a Labour and Co-operative Party councillor for the Royston Palace ward of North Hertfordshire District Council,where he also held the position of Executive Member for Planning and Transport. [7] [8] He resigned as councillor on 2 September 2024 after his election to Parliament. [9]
Hinchliff was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hertfordshire at the 2024 general election. [10]
In November 2024,Hinchliff voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill,which proposes to legalise assisted suicide. [11]