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Rachel Clare Gilmour (formerly Oliver; born 13 October 1964) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Tiverton and Minehead since 2024.
She studied law at SOAS University of London and English literature at King's College London.
Most recently she was employed as Director of Communications for Pangea 21, a group of health tech start-ups.
In 2015, she stood in Taunton Deane to succeed fellow Liberal Democrat Jeremy Browne, but was defeated by Conservative candidate Rebecca Pow in an election which saw the Liberal Democrats reduced to just eight parliamentary seats nationally.
She was previously a member of Taunton Deane Borough Council and currently represents the Clare & Shuttern ward on Mid Devon District Council.
At the 2024 general election, Gilmour stood in the newly created seat of Tiverton and Minehead. Her Conservative opponent, Ian Liddell-Grainger, was the incumbent MP for the constituency of Bridgwater and West Somerset, which was abolished at this election and partially replaced by Tiverton and Minehead. On 4 July, Gilmour won the seat with a majority of 3,507 votes (7.4% of the vote) over Liddell-Grainger. This was in keeping with the national election results, which were the best for the Liberal Democrats and the worst for the Conservatives in modern history.
On 14 January 2025, Gilmour referred herself to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards after it had emerged that she had made her son one of her staff team albeit in a voluntary capacity.
In January 2025, she said that Butlin's was 'partly' to blame for the low social mobility in her constituency by offering employment that does not require qualifications.
On 18 March 2025, the BBC reported that during Gilmour's visit to Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station in her constituency, she was abusive to a security guard after he had pointed out that her driving licence was expired and that he had informed the police. Witnesses stated that she described a film presented by site workers with further abusive language. She denied the allegations.
On 18 July 2025, the Daily Telegraph reported that Gilmour had submitted an expenses claim for £11.81 in December 2024 for a pub meal, which included chips, a halloumi wrap, a hot drink, and a half-pint of Thatchers Haze cider. The claim was subsequently rejected.
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