Olly Glover MP
Metric rather than imperial provides clarity and easy mathematics in comparison. I welcome efforts to increase the use of metric in the UK. In relation to my previous career on the railway, the UK railway is one of the only sectors that still uses the measure of chains. For those not aware, there are 80 chains in a mile. Metres and kilometres are more convenient, not least because they will never involve calculations involving fractions of 1/80th etc. as miles and chains do.
May 2025
Olly Glover has been Liberal Democrat MP for Didcot and Wantage since July 2024. Previously he was a local councillor. Olly had spent all his working life on the railways. He held a range of senior operational management positions in Network Rail and train operating companies. He led large teams of train drivers, was responsible for major control centres, worked in partnership with trade unions, and held hands-on roles managing disruption, on the tracks and on station concourses. Olly worked as a consultant, using his knowledge to help railway companies in the UK and abroad to improve their operations.
UK Metric Association 