Member of Parliament
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat MP for South Cambridgeshire
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Energy Security and Net Zero)
At a glancePippa Heylings is a Liberal Democrat MP for South Cambridgeshire, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They currently serve as Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Energy Security and Net Zero). They have cast 331 votes in Commons divisions (58% attendance), tabled 609 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Pippa Heylings did not vote in 244. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
She currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Energy Security and Net Zero).
Current roles
- Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Energy Security and Net Zero) Opposition post · Opposition Department since 18 Sep 2024
- South Cambridgeshire Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Liberal Democrat Party since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Liz Jarvis
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 324 of 324 shared votes
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Daisy Cooper
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 317 of 317 shared votes
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Adam Dance
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 305 of 305 shared votes
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Manuela Perteghella
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 290 of 290 shared votes
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Charlotte Cane
Liberal Democrat
100.0% · 284 of 284 shared votes
Votes least like
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Dan Carden
Labour
10.6% · 21 of 198 shared votes
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Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Labour
10.9% · 22 of 202 shared votes
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Neil Coyle
Labour
11.8% · 32 of 271 shared votes
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Douglas McAllister
Labour
11.9% · 36 of 302 shared votes
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Anneliese Midgley
Labour
12.3% · 31 of 252 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Visits outside the UK1
- International visit to Brazil between 11 November 2025 and 19 November 2025 (registered 2 Dec 2025)
Miscellaneous1
- Unpaid trustee of international NGO based in Ecuador, Fundacion Futuro Latino Americano. (registered 3 Aug 2024)
Written questions
Energy: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the data-centre capacity required to deliver the grid applications identified in the Interim AI Adoption Plan: Clean Energy.
Answer · 21 Jul 2026
The Department has not produced an estimate of the data-centre capacity required specifically for the grid applications identified in the Interim AI Adoption Plan: Clean Energy. The Government is, however, undertaking broader analysis of the potential gro...
Energy: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the computational and energy requirements of (a) the machine learning and optimisation techniques used for electricity network managemen
Answer · 21 Jul 2026
Machine learning is not currently used for electricity grid management. Any future energy required will depend on how machine learning will be used. The UK Government contracted Europe Economics to research whether future electricity demand from AI data c...
Delivery Services: Robots
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce a statutory definition of (a) autonomous delivery robots and (b) Personal Delivery Devices; what assessment she has made of the impact of such devices on pavement accessibility an
Answer · 15 Jul 2026
Advances in technology have the potential to boost our economy and undertake dangerous jobs such as highways maintenance, but it's important the safety of pedestrians and vulnerable road users is put first. We have announced that we intend to trial paveme...
Sunscreens: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing VAT from sunscreen products on public health outcomes; and whether she plans to reclassify sunscreen products with SPF protection as essential health
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
VAT rules do allow drugs and medications that are dispensed by a registered pharmacist against a prescription issued by a qualifying health professional to be zero rated for VAT. High-factor sunscreen is already on the NHS prescription list for certain co...
Disclosure and Barring Service: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of potential impact of (a) developments in technology, (b) information sharing and (c) risk assessment on the effectiveness of the the Disclosure and Barring Service frame
Answer · 21 Jul 2026
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) regularly reviews its operations and procedures to ensure they remain effective.Current priorities are outlined in the DBS’s Business Plan 2026-27 and the DBS’s 2025-28 Strategy, including specific references to th...
F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of the procurement of 12 F-35A aircraft on (a) public spending priorities, (b) nuclear proliferation risks, and (c) the UK's obligations under the Nuclear
Answer · 20 Jul 2026
As part of our NATO First approach to deterrence and defence, we are committed to strengthening NATO’s nuclear mission and ensuring the Alliance’s posture remains fit for purpose across the entire spectrum of conflict. The nuclear weapons allocated to the...
Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the financial impact on community pharmacies of the current reimbursement and price cap arrangements for prescription medicines; and if he will review cases where pha
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
With regards to the Drug Tariff reimbursement prices, the community pharmacy reimbursement arrangements do not guarantee that every contractor will be paid the cost of every item, however, concessionary prices mitigate losses for individual products, whil...
Adoption: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has undertaken a review of the regulations and guidance in relation to families privately funding continuation of therapeutic services previously accessed through the Adoption and Special Guardiansh
Answer · 15 Jul 2026
The current timetable is for the government's response to the consultation on Adoption Support to be published in the autumn.In relation to self-funded support, adoptive parents may commission services directly, provided that the organisation delivering t...
Early day motions
| 3 Jun 2026 | Climate Change Committee’s Fourth Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk | 21 sig. |
| 18 May 2026 | Energy prices for households and businesses | 32 sig. |
| 18 May 2026 | President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement | 28 sig. |
| 18 May 2026 | Nuclear Regulatory Review and habitats regulations | 29 sig. |
| 18 May 2026 | Warm Homes Plan | 30 sig. |
| 18 May 2026 | Renewable energy and coal | 26 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
Residents, local leaders and businesses in South Cambridgeshire have been left in limbo by the last-minute announcement that the Government cannot yet determine the optimal option for Cambridgeshire’s local government reorganisation. Does …
14 Jul 2026 Extreme Heat: Preparedness
I presume that we are talking about degrees of warming. I want to confirm that we are looking at going beyond—keeping warming below 1.5°C, and that 2°C is not a minimum but a forecast that we would not like to see but is probably happening…
14 Jul 2026 Extreme Heat: Preparedness
Just before the debate, we hosted a solar-powered ice cream van from the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton and Minehead (Rachel Gilmour) in Speaker’s Court. Given the heat, it was very nourishing, and it was lovely tha…
14 Jul 2026 Extreme Heat: Preparedness
It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Sir Christopher. I congratulate the hon. Member for Waveney Valley (Adrian Ramsay) on securing this timely debate. As Britain experiences yet another summer of extreme heat, we cannot ignore t…
13 Jul 2026 State of Climate and Nature
I declare an interest as the chair of the local nature recovery all-party parliamentary group. As Britain endures another summer of extreme heat, droughts and devastating wildfires, this nature and climate statement is crucial, and I only …
13 Jul 2026 Ukrainian Refugees
My Ukrainian constituent, Artem, is currently seeking to apply for a funded apprenticeship, having now been educated here in the UK. Despite his excellent credentials, he has been turned down for every single apprenticeship because his per…
13 Jul 2026 Ukrainian Refugees
6. If she will take steps to provide Ukrainian refugees with a route to permanent settlement.
7 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
When it comes to local and community energy, we welcome the investment by Great British Energy, and the local power plan. However, the Liberal Democrats pushed to get community energy in the Great British Energy Act 2025, because we knew t…
7 Jul 2026 Climate Change: Weather Events
We are in the third heat wave this year and, as we have heard, we are in the climate emergency now. The Climate Change Committee’s report, “A Well-Adapted UK”, has said that we are woefully unprepared across all sectors to face 2°C of warm…
7 Jul 2026 Draft Contracts for Difference (Definition of Eligible Generator) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
The Liberal Democrats support extending eligibility for contracts for difference so that existing nuclear generating stations can obtain those contracts. Building new large-scale nuclear in the UK suffers from spiralling costs and has been…
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
Can the hon. Lady confirm by when China said it will meet its net zero commitment?
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
My hon. Friend often brings that issue up in the Chamber and in the Select Committee. We have to fix the broken system whereby households and businesses do not feel the benefits of cheaper renewable energy from solar and wind. Finally, …
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
I feel deeply about what my hon. Friend says. He is a well-known champion for rural and coastal communities that are facing such an insecure future, not knowing whether their homes will still be standing and whether they will be insurable.…
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
The answer to that is in two ways. First, we must take gas out of the system as much as possible. Secondly, we must fix a broken electricity market. The way we charge customers and businesses right now is broken, and we need to change tha…
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
When a response to the letter comes back. Let us talk about the economics.
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
I will look forward to seeing its answer when you send a letter back—
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
I very much appreciated the work that the hon. Member did in her former role, and we were together at that COP meeting. Yes, I congratulate the Prime Minister, but I also congratulate former Prime Ministers. I was working internationally, …
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
Perhaps I would contest the fact that we cannot equate the emotion with a rational mind as well. These are science-based targets that the hon. Member’s Government agreed to set. What is recommended in the carbon budget order is set by the …
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
I thank my hon. Friend, as always, for her passionate defence and her knowledge on this issue. I worked for 20 years in east Africa, southern America and the Caribbean on UK climate policy, including under the previous Conservative Governm…
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
Like the hon. Member, I regularly meet young people across my constituency. I find it hard to look my children and children in my constituency and beyond in the eye, because that is one of the things they talk about the most. I challenge a…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Environmental Audit Committee 4 Nov 2024 – 15 Sep 2025
- Crown Estate Bill [HL] 29 Jan 2025 – 6 Feb 2025
- Great British Energy Bill 11 Sep 2024 – 15 Oct 2024
Elections contested
- South East Cambridgeshire 12 Dec 2019
Expenses
Contact & offices
07751 923176
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Constituency office
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Pippa Heylings, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Pippa Heylings?
Pippa Heylings is a Member of Parliament representing South Cambridgeshire in the House of Commons. See Pippa Heylings's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Pippa Heylings represent?
Pippa Heylings sits as Liberal Democrat. See Pippa Heylings's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Pippa Heylings represent?
Pippa Heylings is the Member of Parliament for South Cambridgeshire. See Pippa Heylings's official Parliament profile.
How long has Pippa Heylings been an MP?
Pippa Heylings has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Pippa Heylings's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Pippa Heylings?
Pippa Heylings has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Pippa Heylings's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 27 Jul 2026.