Helena Dollimore

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.

After university, Dollimore worked for Save the Children.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dollimore trained as a vaccinator with the St John Ambulance, volunteering at a pharmacy in Hastings.

Political career

Dollimore was a councillor for the St Helier ward in the London Borough of Merton between 2021 and 2024. 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.

In September 2024 Dollimore was elected to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. She has 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.

In November 2025, she was appointed Parliamentary private secretary for the Treasury.

Dollimore has campaigned for improvements to the A21 road, which is mostly an unimproved single carriageway from Royal Tunbridge Wells to Hastings.