Helena Dollimore | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Hastings and Rye | |
| Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Sally-Ann Hart |
| Majority | 8,653 (18.8%) [1] |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour Co-op |
| Education | Heathfield Community College |
| Alma mater | St Hilda’s College,Oxford |
Helena Dollimore is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings and Rye since the 2024 general election. [1]
Dollimore attended Heathfield Community College in East Sussex,and aged 17 gave a speech at the 2011 Labour Party Conference. She attended St Hilda's College,Oxford,and during her time as a student she was the chair of the Oxford University Labour Club. [2]
After university,Dollimore worked for Save the Children,working in environments from refugee camps in Bangladesh to the civil war in Yemen. [2]
During the COVID-19 pandemic,Dollimore trained as a vaccinator with the St John Ambulance,volunteering at a pharmacy in Hastings. [2]
Dollimore was a councillor for the St Helier ward in the London Borough of Merton between 2021 and 2024. [3] In 2024,after the general election was called,she resigned her council seat in order to run as the Labour parliamentary candidate for the Hastings and Rye constituency,and was subsequently elected as the MP for the seat. [4] [5] [6]
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