Ian Sollom | |
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Member of Parliament for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Majority | 4,648 (8.7%) |
Member of South Cambridgeshire District Council for Harston and Comberton | |
In office 8 May 2018 – 8 May 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ian Fraser Sollom |
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Alma mater | |
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]
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.
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]