Editing John Glen

After university, John worked as a parliamentary researcher for two Government Ministers in the last year of the Conservative administration (1996-97). After a three year period working for a management consultancy firm, Glen worked for William Hague MP for eight months. In his role as Head of the Political Section of the Conservative Research Department, he prepared and briefed Hague for Prime Minister's Question Time, and briefed the Shadow Cabinet for media appearances.  

In the 2001 general election Glen stood as a candidate for Plymouth Devonport, in which he came second, achieving second place with 27.1% of the vote and 2.9% swing. In early 2004 John returned to the Conservative Party to work as Deputy Director of the Conservative Research Department looking after the day to day management of twenty researchers in the run up to the 2005 General Election. He then became Director of the Department and set up the secretariat for the Policy Review that was established after David Cameron became Leader.

Glen was elected to Parliament in the General Election of May 2010 with an increase in the percentage share of the vote compared with the Conservative result in 2005.

Glen attended King Edward’s School, Bath where he was Head Boy. He then won a place at Mansfield College Oxford, where he read Modern History. He later entered the University of Cambridge, where he studied for an MBA at Fitzwilliam College.