Ian Sollom Explained

Ian Sollom
Parliament:United Kingdom
Constituency Mp:St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
Term Start:4 July 2024
Predecessor:Constituency established
Majority:4,648 (8.7%)
Office1:Member of South Cambridgeshire District Council for Harston and Comberton
Term Start1:7 May 2018
Term End1:9 May 2022
Birth Name:Ian Fraser Sollom
Party:Liberal Democrats
Alma Mater:
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Thesis Title:Bayesian Analysis of the Cosmic Microwave Background Beyond the Concordance Model
Thesis Year: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]

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 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire General Election 2024 Sky News . 2024-07-05 . election.news.sky.com . en.
  2. Web site: Publications online . 2024-07-07 . St Hugh's College . en-GB.
  3. Web site: Cllr Ian Sollom . South Cambridgeshire District Council . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20211023150654/https://scambs.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=50001871 . 2021-10-23.
  4. Web site: 2024-07-07 . Who are the newly elected MPs for Cambridgeshire? . 2024-07-07 . BBC News . en-GB.
  5. Web site: Hatton . Benjamin . 2019-12-13 . Tories hold off pro-Remain union to win key Cambridgeshire marginal . 2024-07-14 . Cambridgeshire Live . en.