Ian Sollom

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]

Ian Sollom MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2024
Preceded by	Constituency established
Majority	4,648 (8.7%)
Liberal Democrat portfolios
2024–present	Universities and Skills
Member of South Cambridgeshire District Council for Harston and Comberton
In office 7 May 2018 – 9 May 2022
Personal details
Born	Ian Fraser Sollom
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Alma mater	St Hugh's College, Oxford (MPhys) Trinity College, Cambridge (PhD)
Academic background
Thesis	Bayesian Analysis of the Cosmic Microwave Background Beyond the Concordance Model (2010)

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 as 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]