Olly Glover

Councillor
Olly Glover
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Didcot and Wantage
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byConstituency created
Majority6,233 (11.4%)
Personal details
Born
Oliver Guy Nicholas Glover
Political partyLiberal Democrats
Alma materUniversity 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-per-cent 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.

Early life and education

Glover has worked in operations management for Network Rail and various train operating companies.[2]

Political career

Glover stood in the 2019 general election for the London constituency of Tooting, finishing in third place.[3] In the 2023 local elections, Glover was elected to the town council of Didcot, South Oxfordshire,[4][5] and the parish council of Milton, Vale of White Horse.[6][7]

In the 2024 general election, Glover was elected as MP for the new constituency of Didcot and Wantage, with a 39.8-per-cent share of the vote and a majority of 6,233.[8][9]

Personal life

As of 2019, Glover lived in Balham, South London.[10] He now lives in Milton.[2] He is gay, and came out aged 15.[11] The day after his election to Parliament, Glover was served an eviction notice; he said that he supported government plans on strengthening tenant rights.[12]

References

  1. ^ "No. 64465". The London Gazette. 22 July 2024. p. 14085.
  2. ^ a b "Olly Glover - Candidate for Didcot and Wantage". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Tooting parliamentary constituency – Election 2019". Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Election of Parish Councillors for Didcot Ladygrove on Thursday 4 May 2023" (PDF). South Oxfordshire District Council. p. 3. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Councillors". Didcot Town Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Election of Parish Councillors for Milton: Village Ward on 4 May 2023" (PDF). Vale of White Horse District Council. p. 46. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Councillors". Milton (Abingdon) Parish Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Didcot and Wantage - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Didcot and Wantage | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  10. ^ Bayley, Sian (7 November 2019). "General election: Tooting – who the candidates standing are in 2019". MyLondon. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Olly Glover, Lib Dem candidate for Tooting". Wandsworth Liberal Democrats. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  12. ^ Wilson, Olivia (26 July 2024). "New MP given eviction notice day after election". BBC News. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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2024–present 		Incumbent


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