| Chris Hinchliff | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for North East Hertfordshire |
| Term Start: | 4 July 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Oliver Heald |
| Majority: | 1,923 (3.7%) |
| Office2: | North Hertfordshire District councillor for Royston Palace ward |
| Term Start2: | 5 May 2022 |
| Party: | Labour |
| Otherparty: | 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]
Hinchliff was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hertfordshire at the 2024 general election.[7]