Oliver Colvile
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Oliver Colvile MP |
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Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton & Devonport |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Linda Gilroy |
| Majority | 523 (1.1%) |
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| Born | 26 August 1959 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Relations | Charles Colvile |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Website | www |
Oliver Newton Colvile (born 26 August 1959) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth Sutton & Devonport; he won the seat from the Labour candidate Linda Gilroy at the 2010 General Election.
Educated at Stowe School, Colvile hails from a Naval family: his father served as an officer in the Royal Navy for over thirty years, his grandfather was the First Lieutenant of Plymouth's Naval barracks, whilst his uncle was a Royal Marines officer who served at Stonehouse.
Colvile has lived for the past 10 years at The Millfields (formerly the Royal Naval Hospital), Plymouth.
Colvile says his interest in politics took hold whilst at school when he became fascinated by how an idea could become law or a policy to protect civil liberties, to enhance people's freedom and for the enjoyment of life. He joined the Conservative Party's staff at the age of 21, working for Ministers and backbench MPs. It gave him experience of political life and he was later entrusted with devising community campaigns in which saw the Conservatives returned to Parliament a number of its candidates in marginal seats.
In the 2010 General Election he won the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport seat with a majority of 1149 and 34.3% of the votes cast, ousting the sitting Labour MP with a swing of 6.9% calculated after allowing for significant boundary changes.
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