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 | |
Assumed office 5 May 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour |
Other political affiliations | Labour Co-op (as a councillor) |
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]
Hinchliff was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hertfordshire at the 2024 general election. [7]
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 | |
Assumed office 5 May 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour |
Other political affiliations | Labour Co-op (as a councillor) |
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]
Hinchliff was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hertfordshire at the 2024 general election. [7]