Liberal Democrat Pippa Heylings has been elected as MP for South Cambridgeshire, winning the seat from the Conservatives. Ms Heylings, who has been serving as a South Cambridgeshire district councillor, earned 25,704 votes, beating Tory Chris Carter-Chapman, who secured 15,063. It is the first time that South Cambridgeshire has been represented by any party except the Conservatives, since it was created. Speaking to the Cambridge Independent, she said she was “absolutely thrilled and humbled at the same time”. “This is an historic result for South Cambridgeshire,” she said, adding that she was…
