Education
He is from a medical family with a background in business and investment, and was educated at Winchester College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
He is from a medical family with a background in business and investment, and was educated at Winchester College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Prior to his election he ran companies in the agriculture and healthcare sectors, after working for Mercury Asset Management specialising on businesses in the Asia Pacific region. He was a District Councillor on South Somerset District Council representing Yeovil South, and in 2013 was elected to Somerset County Council. He lives at Naish Priory, parts of which date from the 14th century, in the village of East Coker.
In 2011 he opposed plans by the local council to build additional houses in the area.
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He has been the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Yeovil and surrounding villages in Somerset since May 2015.