Parliamentary Career
In March 2007 he was selected as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Lancaster and Fleetwood, which he won in the General Election held on 6 May 2010, and now lives in Lancaster. In September 2010 he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Baroness Warsi. Ollerenshaw campaigned on the NO side during the lead up to the 2011 Referendum on the Alternative Vote. Ollerenshaw is considered one of the most loyal in his party, having only voted against the majority in his party once in the current parliamentary session.
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