John Glen (politician)
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John Glen MP |
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Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer |
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Assumed office July 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Chris Skidmore |
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Member of Parliament for Salisbury |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Key |
| Majority | 20,421 (40.3%) |
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1 April 1974 Bath, Somerset, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Emma Glen |
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Mansfield College, Oxford Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge King's College London |
| Religion | Christian |
| Website | http://www.johnglen.org.uk |
John Philip Glen (born 1 April 1974 in Bath) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Salisbury in Wiltshire since the general election in May 2010.
Glen was brought up in a small family horticultural business in rural Wiltshire. He was educated at King Edward's School, Bath where he was Head Boy, and Mansfield College, University of Oxford, where he read Modern History and was elected President of Mansfield College JCR. He later entered the University of Cambridge, where he studied for an MBA at Fitzwilliam College. He was the first person in his family to go to university.
After graduating from Oxford, Glen worked for two Ministers in 1996–1997.
He went on to campaign in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland for Michael Bates (now Lord Bates) in the 1997 general election, following which he joined the Strategy practice of Accenture, a large management consultancy firm. Whilst there he worked on projects for Glaxo Wellcome, BP and the Post Office.
After three years in consulting, Glen worked for Rt Hon William Hague MP's team (then Leader of the Conservative Party). In his role as Head of the Political Section of the Conservative Research Department, he helped prepare Hague for Prime Minister's Question Time and briefed the Shadow Cabinet for media appearances.
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