Oliver Colvile

Oliver Colvile is a British Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency at the next general election. He contested the Plymouth Sutton seat in the 2001 and 2005 elections, and will be standing for a third time in 2010.
Background
Colvile comes from a Naval family, his father having served in the Royal Navy for over thirty years, his grandfather was the first Lieutenant of Plymouth’s Naval barracks and his uncle was in the Royal Marines, serving at Stonehouse. He has lived for the last ten years in the old Royal Naval Hospital, the Millfields, in Plymouth.
Political Career
He has stated that his interest in politics took hold at school when he became fascinated by how an idea could become a law or policy to protect civil liberties, enhance people’s freedom and enjoyment of life. He joined the Conservative Party’s professional staff when he was just 21, working for some well-know Ministers and high profile back-bench MPs. It gave him some great experience at the deep end and he was later entrusted with masterminding and devising community campaigns which saw the Conservatives hold on to a number of highly marginal seats.
Other Interests
After a spell with an internationally renowned agency advising on business development, since 1996 Oliver Colvile has run a communications business specialising in handling community consultation for major regeneration projects. He is a member of the Federation of Small Businesses and the Institute of Directors and a Director of the Enterprise Forum.

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