Oliver Colvile

Biography

Oliver Colvile was elected Conservative MP for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport on 6th May 2010 with a majority of 1,149.

Oliver has lived at the Milfields (the old Royal Naval Hospital) - in Stonehouse - for the last eight years. A governor of St Andrew's primary school, Oliver is working with Plymouth Cricket Club.

A member of the Barbican Arts Centre and the Stonehouse Lawn tennis Club, he is also the Chairman of the Plymouth Health Watchdog, which campaigns for better health care in the City.

Oliver runs his own communication business specialising in regeneration and development throughout England. A member of the Federation ofSmall Businesses and the Institute of Directors, he is a Director of the Enterprise Forum.

In the 2001 and 2005 General Elections, Oliver was the Conservative candidate for Plymouth Sutton - cutting Labour's majority from 9,500 to 4,305.

Prior to setting up his own communications business, he was on the Conservative Party's professional staff working for Ministers and high-profile back bench MPs, where he masterminded and devised a number of community campaigns which saw the Conservative Party holding to a number of highly marginal seats.

Constituency

Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport

Constituency Address

Unit 346, Faraday Business Park, Cattewater Road, Plymouth PL4 0SF

Constituency Tel

01752 674512

Date of Birth

26/08/1959

Email

oliver.colvile.mp@parliament.uk

Party

Conservative

Personal Website

www.olivercolvile.com

Westminster Address

Oliver Colvile MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Westminster Tel

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