He became the Vice-President of the Southwark and Bermondsey Conservative Association in 1988 for five years,becoming the President for five years from 1993.[2]
Prior to the 1997 general election,Heald's constituency of North Hertfordshire was abolished,and replaced with North East Hertfordshire. At the election,Heald was elected to Parliament as MP for North East Hertfordshire with 41.7% of the vote and a majority of 3,088.[7]
After the election he became an Opposition Whip under the new leadership of William Hague,before moving on to become a Spokesman for Home Affairs with responsibility for police matters.
Heald was re-elected as MP for North East Hertfordshire at the 2001 general election with an increased vote share of 44.1% and an increased majority of 3,444.[8]
Heald was again re-elected at the snap 2017 general election,with an increased vote share of 58.6% and a decreased majority of 16,835.[17][18]
Insignia of a Knight Bachelor
In December 2017 Heald voted with fellow Conservative Dominic Grieve and nine other Conservative MPs against the government,and in favour of guaranteeing Parliament a "meaningful vote" on any deal Theresa May agrees with Brussels over Brexit.[19][20]
At the 2019 general election,Heald was again re-elected,with a decreased vote share of 56.6% and an increased majority of 18,189.[21][22]
In January 2024,Heald announced that he would stand down at the 2024 general election.[24] The conservative candidate to replace him was former special adviser Nikki da Costa.[25]
He and his wife Christine (née Whittle) live in his former Hertfordshire constituency,in the market town of Royston;they have a son and two daughters.[26] His daughter Sarah stood as a Conservative candidate in Manchester Withington in the 2017 election.
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