Ian Sollom

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| name = Ian Sollom

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}}

| image = Official portrait of Ian Sollom MP crop 2.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2024

| parliament = United Kingdom

| constituency_MP = St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire

| term_start = 4 July 2024

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| predecessor = Constituency established

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| majority = 4,648 (8.7%)

| office1 = Liberal Democrat portfolios

| suboffice1 = Universities and Skills

| subterm1 = 2024–present

| office2 = Member of South Cambridgeshire District Council for Harston and Comberton

| term_start2 = 7 May 2018

| term_end2 = 9 May 2022

| birth_name = Ian Fraser Sollom

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| party = Liberal Democrats

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| thesis_title = Bayesian Analysis of the Cosmic Microwave Background Beyond the Concordance Model

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Ian Fraser Sollom is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire since 2024.{{Cite web |title=St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire {{!}} General Election 2024 {{!}} Sky News |url=https://election.news.sky.com/elections/general-election-2024/st-neots-and-mid-cambs-540 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=election.news.sky.com |language=en}}

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,{{Cite web |title=Publications online |url=https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/current-students/library/archive/publications-online/ |access-date=2024-07-07 |publisher=St Hugh's College |language=en-GB}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Cllr Ian Sollom |url=https://scambs.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=50001871 |publisher=South Cambridgeshire District Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023150654/https://scambs.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=50001871 |archive-date=2021-10-23}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-07 |title=Who are the newly elected MPs for Cambridgeshire? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw5ydkqled3o |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} He was the parliamentary candidate for South Cambridgeshire in the 2019 general election, coming second with 42 per cent of the vote.{{Cite web |last=Hatton |first=Benjamin |date=2019-12-13 |title=Tories hold off pro-Remain union to win key Cambridgeshire marginal |url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/general-election-results-2019-south-17413665 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Cambridgeshire Live |language=en}}