Ian Sollom

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2024–present
Ian Sollom
MP
Official portrait of Ian Sollom MP crop 2.jpg
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Universities and Skills
Academic background
Thesis Bayesian Analysis of the Cosmic Microwave Background Beyond the Concordance Model (2010)

Ian Fraser Sollom is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire since 2024. [1]

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Early life

Sollom was educated at King Edward VI College, Stourbridge. He gained a Master of Physics (MPhys) degree from St Hugh's College, Oxford, [2] followed by a PhD in cosmology from Trinity College, Cambridge.

Career

Before being elected to Parliament, Sollom worked as a business consultant in the energy sector, and served as a Liberal Democrat councillor on South Cambridgeshire District Council for Harston and Comberton from 2018 to 2022. [3] [4] He was the parliamentary candidate for South Cambridgeshire in the 2019 general election, coming second with 42 per cent of the vote. [5]

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References

  1. "St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  2. "Publications online". St Hugh's College. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. "Cllr Ian Sollom". South Cambridgeshire District Council. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021.
  4. "Who are the newly elected MPs for Cambridgeshire?". BBC News. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. Hatton, Benjamin (13 December 2019). "Tories hold off pro-Remain union to win key Cambridgeshire marginal". Cambridgeshire Live. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
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