Anne Snelgrove | |
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Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
In office 8 June 2009 – 6 May 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Angela Smith |
Succeeded by | Desmond Swayne |
Member of Parliament for South Swindon | |
In office 5 May 2005 – 12 April 2010 | |
Preceded by | Julia Drown |
Succeeded by | Robert Buckland |
Personal details | |
Born | (1957-08-07) 7 August 1957 (age 67) Wokingham, Berkshire, UK |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Winchester |
Anne Christine Snelgrove (born 7 August 1957) is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Swindon South for one term.
Political career
Snelgrove was elected as MP to Swindon South at the 2005 general election., Snelgrove was Parliamentary private secretary to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. At the 2010 general election, she lost her constituency of Swindon South to Conservative MP Robert Buckland. She unsuccessfully contested the seat again for the Labour party at the 2015 general election.
Other work
She launched the Geared for Giving campaign in May 2008 with Duncan Bannatyne OBE.
She later chose to step down from this position and in September 2015 began working for a secondary school – focusing on educating students in Drama and Media Studies. She left in 2019 and is retired with her husband Mike Snelgrove.
References
- Wiles, David (1 April 2013). "South Swindon MP candidate Anne Snelgrove resumes campaign after cancer From June 2009 to May 2010". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- "Anne Snelgrove loses seat to Tories". Swindon Advertiser. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- "Election 2015: Clean sweep for Tories in Wiltshire". BBC News. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- Ford, Emily (26 June 2009). "Could you live on 98 per cent of your pay?". The Times. News International. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- "Anne Snelgrove becomes an Arthritis Champion". Swindon Advertiser. Newsquest. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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Categories:- 1957 births
- Living people
- UK MPs 2005–2010
- Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- People from Wokingham
- Alumni of the University of Winchester
- People educated at Ranelagh Grammar School
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Wiltshire
- 21st-century British women politicians
- Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister
- 21st-century English women
- 21st-century English politicians