Olly Glover | |
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Member of Parliament for Didcot and Wantage | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Majority | 6,233 (11.4%) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Oliver Guy Nicholas Glover is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Didcot and Wantage since 2024. [1] Glover was elected 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 London constituency of Tooting. [3]
Glover was also elected to Milton parish council in 2023. [4] He has worked in operations management of various railway companies. [5]
Glover attended Hampton School. He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History. [6]
As of 2019,Glover lived in Balham,South London. [7] He now lives in Milton.[ citation needed ] He is gay,and came out aged 15. [8]
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