Olly Glover | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Didcot and Wantage | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Majority | 6,233 (11.4%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Oliver Guy Nicholas Glover |
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Oliver Guy Nicholas Glover [1] is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Didcot and Wantage since 2024,elected with a 39.8% share of the vote for the newly created constituency. He is also a town and parish councillor in Oxfordshire. Glover has worked in operations management for various railway companies.
Glover was educated at Hampton School and Fitzwilliam College,Cambridge, [2] graduating with a BA in History. [3] During his time at Cambridge,he was chairman of the Cambridge University Students Union (CUSU) LGBT group and junior treasurer of the Cambridge University Railway Club. [2] [4] He has worked in operations management for Network Rail and various train operating companies. [5]
Glover stood in the 2019 general election for the London constituency of Tooting,finishing in third place. [6] In the 2023 local elections,Glover was elected to the town council of Didcot,South Oxfordshire, [7] [8] and the parish council of Milton,Vale of White Horse. [9] [10]
In the 2024 general election,Glover was elected as MP for the new constituency of Didcot and Wantage,with a 39.8% share of the vote and a majority of 6,233. [11] [12]
As of 2019,Glover lived in Balham,South London. [13] He now lives in Milton. [5] He is gay,and came out aged 15. [14]