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Helena Dollimore

Helena Dollimore

Labour MP for Hastings and Rye

Helena Dollimore is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Hastings and Rye, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Message

Seat status

Safe

Majority size

8,653

Recent swing

-0.8% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

Government of Taiwan (£7,521)

UNISON (£1,500)

GMB Southern Region (£550)

Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues

VOTED AYE
21 Oct 2024

Employment Rights Bill

✓ Passed 386 For, 105 Against

Helena voted with the majority

VOTED AYE
29 Nov 2024

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

✓ Passed 330 For, 275 Against

Helena voted with the majority

VOTED AYE
11 Dec 2024

Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

✓ Passed 375 For, 9 Against

Helena voted with the majority

Where Helena fits into things

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Helena Dollimore

Helena Dollimore

Member of Parliament

Hastings and Rye

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

  • Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
  • Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
  • Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority