Julian Huppert
Julian Huppert | |
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| Member of Parliament for Cambridge | |
| In office 6 May 2010 – 30 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | David Howarth |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Zeichner |
| Lib Dem Group Leader on Cambridgeshire County Council | |
| In office October 2004 – May 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Sal Brinton |
| Succeeded by | David Jenkins |
| Cambridgeshire County Councillor for East Chesterton | |
| In office 3 May 2001 – 4 June 2009 | |
| Preceded by | T O'Del |
| Succeeded by | Siep Wijsenbeek |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Julian Leon Huppert 21 July 1978 |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom, United States |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Spouse | Dr Caroline Wright |
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| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (MSci, PhD) |
| Website | www |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Studies on genomic G-quadruplexes (2005) |
| Doctoral advisor | Shankar Balasubramanian |
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Julian Leon Huppert (born 21 July 1978) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Cambridge from 2010 to 2015. A member of the Liberal Democrat party, he had previously served as a member of the Cambridgeshire County Council for East Chesterton.
Huppert succeeded David Howarth, who stood down after one term as an MP. At the 2015 general election he lost the seat to Daniel Zeichner of the Labour Party by 599 votes, and failed to retake it at the 2017 general election.