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Helena Dollimore
British politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Helena Dollimore (born 1994)[2][3] 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]
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Education and early career
Born and brought up in East Sussex, Dollimore attended Heathfield Community College. At age 17, she gave a speech at the 2011 Labour Party Conference. She attended St Hilda's College, Oxford and was the chair of the Oxford University Labour Club.[4]
After university, Dollimore worked for Save the Children.[4] From at least 2020 until 2024, Dollimore worked as a Director at Unilever.[5]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dollimore trained as a vaccinator with the St John Ambulance, volunteering at a pharmacy in Hastings.[4]
Dollimore was an Army Reservist.[6]
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Political career
Dollimore was a councillor for the St Helier ward in the London Borough of Merton between 2021 and 2024.[7] In 2024, after the general election was called, she resigned her council seat in order to stand as the Labour parliamentary candidate for the Hastings and Rye constituency, and was subsequently elected as the MP for the seat.[8][9][10]
In September 2024 Dollimore was elected to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. She has notably campaigned on issues relating to the water industry, and has been strongly critical of Southern Water which services her constituency.
In November 2024, Dollimore voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted dying.[11]
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