Chris Hinchliff | |
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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 | |
Political party | Labour |
Other political affiliations | Labour Co-op (as a councillor) |
Relatives | Peter Hinchliff (grandfather) |
Christopher Volante Hinchliff is a British Labour Party politician. [1] [2] Prior to becoming a politician,he worked for CPRE,The Countryside Charity. [3]
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. [4] Afterwards,he studied for an MSc in ecological economics at the University of Edinburgh,graduating in 2016. [4]
He was a Labour Party organiser before working for the charities Independent Age and CPRE. [4] Since 2022,he has been a Labour and Co-operative Party councillor for the Royston Palace ward of the North Herts Council,where he holds the position of Executive Member for Planning and Transport. [5] [6] He resigned as councillor on 2 September 2024. [7]
Hinchliff was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hertfordshire at the 2024 general election. [8]
Royston is a town and civil parish in the District of North Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England.
Sir Oliver Heald is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hertfordshire,formerly North Hertfordshire,from 1992 to 2024.
East Hertfordshire is one of ten local government districts in Hertfordshire,England. Its council is based in Hertford,the county town of Hertfordshire. The largest town in the district is Bishop's Stortford,and the other main towns are Ware,Buntingford and Sawbridgeworth. At the 2011 Census,the population of the district was 137,687. By area it is the largest of the ten local government districts in Hertfordshire. The district borders North Hertfordshire,Stevenage,Welwyn Hatfield and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire,and Epping Forest,Harlow and Uttlesford in Essex.
North Hertfordshire is one of ten local government districts in the county of Hertfordshire,England. Its council is based in Letchworth Garden City and the largest town is Hitchin. The district also includes the towns of Baldock and Royston and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Part of the district lies within the Chiltern Hills,a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
North East Hertfordshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Chris Hinchliff of the Labour Party.
Hitchin is a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
The 2007 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
The 2012 North Hertfordshire Council election was held on 3 May 2012,at the same time as other local elections across England,Scotland and Wales. Of the 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council,15 were up for election.
The 2015 North Hertfordshire Council election was held on 5 May 2016,at the same time as other local elections across England. Of the 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council,15 were up for election.
The 2019 North Hertfordshire Council election was held on 2 May 2019,at the same time as other local elections across England and Northern Ireland. Of the 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council,16 were up for election.
Elections to Hertfordshire County Council took place on 6 May 2021 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 78 seats to the council were elected.
The 2021 North Hertfordshire District Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect 17 of the 49 members of North Hertfordshire District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections around the country. This election had originally been due to take place in May 2020,but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2010 North Hertfordshire Council election was held on 6 May 2010,at the same time as other local elections across England and the general election. Of the 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council,19 were up for election,being the usual third of seats plus a by-election in Royston Palace ward.
The 1973 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 7 June 1973. It was the first election to North Hertfordshire District Council,and was held at the same time as other local elections across England for the new non-metropolitan district councils that were created under the Local Government Act 1972. The elected councillors initially formed a shadow authority to oversee the transition to the new system,operating alongside the five outgoing district councils until 1 April 1974 when the new district formally came into being.
The 1984 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 3 May 1984,at the same time as other local elections across England and Scotland. There were 17 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election,being the usual third of the council.
The 1996 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 2 May 1996,at the same time as other local elections across England. There were 18 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election,being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Hitchin Oughton ward.
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