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Olly Glover, MP for Didcot and Wantage

Olly Glover has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport); Transport Committee.

Roles and committees

Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.

In opposition

PostWhen
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport) (Opposition Department)2025 to nowNow

Committees

PostWhen
Railways Bill2026
Planning and Infrastructure Bill2025
Transport Committee2024 to nowNow

Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Olly Glover has 2 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
MiscellaneousI am a parish councillor in the parish of Milton. This is an unpaid role.1 Aug 2024
MiscellaneousLiberal Democrat town councillor in the town of Didcot. This is an unpaid role.1 Aug 2024

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Olly Glover asked 188 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Transport61
Department of Health and Social Care23
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs23
Department for Work and Pensions20
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology11

Latest questions

14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Not answered yet

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£9,462
Office costs · claims for running an office£6,974
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£2,487

69 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Olly Glover represents Didcot and Wantage. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Olly Glover

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
6,233

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
68%

of people who could vote did

Olly Glover won with 40% of the votes, and David Johnston (Conservative) came second with 28%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat40% · 21,793
Conservative28% · 15,560
Labour15% · 8,045
Reform UK12% · 6,400
Green Party5% · 2,693
Social Democratic Party0% · 242
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Olly GloverLiberal Democrat21,79339.8%
David JohnstonConservative15,56028.4%
Mocky KhanLabour8,04514.7%
Steve BeattyReform UK6,40011.7%
Sam Casey-RerhayeGreen Party2,6934.9%
Kyn PomlettSocial Democratic Party2420.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£908 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.0%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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How they vote

In the last 12 months Olly Glover took part in 191 Commons votes.

More detail on how they vote

Olly Glover voted the same way as their party in 189 of the 189 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Has this changed over time?

90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this