John was elected Member of Parliament for Salisbury on 6th May 2010. John lives in Salisbury and grew up in Wiltshire. Prior to becoming an MP ,John's business career has taken him to London and abroad, he has also worked for William Hague, Michael Howard and David Cameron as a senior political adviser. John has been working full time for the people of Salisbury and South Wiltshire from the moment he was selected and will continue to do so...
John Glen was selected as the Conservative Candidate for Salisbury on 31st January 2010. He was selected by an "Open Primary " of 473 Salisbury residents in the Salisbury Playhouse Theatre, nearly half those present were not members of the Conservative Party.
John has over twelve years experience in business and prior to selection was the Senior Adviser to the Global Head of Strategy at Accenture. He co-ordinated his firm's participation at the World Economic Forum (Davos) and has led thought leadership projects on globalisation. John has worked in the oil and gas industries and in the public sector.
John was the Conservative candidate in Plymouth Devonport at the 2001 General Election. Between 2000 and 2001 he worked for William Hague MP assisting with the briefing for Prime Ministers' Question Time. John is a member of the Board of the Centre for Policy Studies and is particularly interested in Education policy. He has an interest in Foreign Affairs and has travelled to Uganda, South Africa and the Maldives as a policy advisor for the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.
John is married to Emma and has two step-children. In his spare time he is actively involved in his local church and he is a Patron of Mansfield College, Oxford and he sits as a Justice of the Peace in Westminster.
