Olly Glover
Olly Glover | |
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Member of Parliament for Didcot and Wantage | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Majority | 6,233 (11.4%) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Olly Glover is a British politician who is the Member of Parliament for Didcot and Wantage in Oxfordshire.[1] A member of the Liberal Democrats party, Glover was elected in the 2024 general election with a 39.8% vote share as the inaugural MP for the newly created constituency.[2] Previously, he had stood in the 2019 general election for the greater London constituency of Tooting.[3]
Glover was previously elected to Milton parish council in 2023.[4] He has worked in operations management of various railway companies.[5]
Early life
Glover attended Hampton School. He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History.[6]
Personal life
As of 2019, Glover lived in Balham, South London.[7] He now lives in Milton. He is openly LGBT+.[8]
References
- ^ "Didcot and Wantage | General Election 2024". election.news.sky.com. Sky News. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ "Didcot and Wantage - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ "Tooting parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 - BBC News". Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ "Councillors". www.milton-pc.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ "Olly Glover - Candidate for Didcot and Wantage". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ "Our new MPs: Chris Coghlan, Olly Glover, Josh Babarinde, Liz Jarvis, Helen Maguire". Liberal Democrat Voice. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Bayley, Sian (7 November 2019). "General election: Tooting - who the candidates standing are in 2019". My London. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Number of out LGBTQ+ MPs falls following election".
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