Oliver Cooper

Oliver Cooper (born 1987) is an English Conservative politician and a prominent party activist. He was the leader of the party on Camden London Borough Council representing Hampstead Town and is now a Tory councillor and leader of the Tories in Three Rivers District in Hertfordshire. Career Cooper attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School and University College London. He is a lawyer and a former journalist. He was elected to represent Hampstead Town ward on Camden Council in 2015. Despite Hampstead voting 80% for "Remain" in the Brexit referendum in 2016, he voted for "Leave". He became the Leader of the Opposition after the 2018 elections. Ahead of the 2022 Camden Borough elections, Cooper chose to move from his 'safe' Conservative ward to the Tory-Liberal Democrat split ward of Belsize to try to increase his party's number of seats. He increased his party's share of the vote and came first among the Conservative candidates, but lost to the Lib Dems, ending his career in local government. Local newspapers said that he "almost certainly" would have held his Hampstead seat if he had not chosen to move to Belsize.