Heidi Allen
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Heidi Allen MP |
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Member of Parliament for South Cambridgeshire |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Andrew Lansley |
| Majority | 20,594 (33.5%) |
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18 January 1975 Notton, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Phill Allen |
| Residence | Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Website | Official website |
Heidi Allen (born 18 January 1975) is a British Conservative Party politician.
Allen was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Cambridgeshire at the 2015 general election. She succeeded Andrew Lansley, the former Conservative government minister who had held the seat since its creation in 1997, following his retirement from the House of Commons in 2015.
Allen was born in Notton, a small rural village near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, and attained a degree in astrophysics from University College London (BSc).
Allen worked in various corporate positions, including ExxonMobil and the Royal Mail. In 2008 she joined the family classic-motorcycle paints business, RS Bike Paint Ltd, established by her parents in 1978 and now run by her husband Phil Allen. Heidi helped it develop from its original UK-based customer base into an export-driven company.
Allen claims she was inspired to get involved in politics after watching the scenes of the Tottenham riots, and first became a councillor in St Albans.
In 2014, Allen came a close second in the controversial open primary for the South East Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency before, in October, being selected as prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC), for South Cambridgeshire. The seat was already held by the Conservative Andrew Lansley, then a cabinet minister, who had decided to stand down at the next general election. She won the seat in the 2015 general election, increasing the Conservative majority and taking 51.1% of the votes cast. The nearest candidate was Labour who took 17.6% of the vote.
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