He also ran successfully for parliament (3)

I believe the answer is:

coe

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(Other definitions for coe that I've seen before include "London Olympics supremo" , "Glen" , "English Olympic medal winner, Sebastian" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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