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Anne Snelgrove

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Anne Snelgrove
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
8 June 2009 – 6 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byAngela Smith
Succeeded byDesmond Swayne
Member of Parliament
for South Swindon
In office
5 May 2005 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byJulia Drown
Succeeded byRobert Buckland
Personal details
Born (1957-08-07) 7 August 1957 (age 67)
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity 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

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Snelgrove was elected as MP to Swindon South at the 2005 United Kingdom general election.,[1] 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.[2] She unsuccessfully contested the seat again for the Labour party at the 2015 general election.[3]

Other work

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She launched the Geared for Giving campaign in May 2008 with Duncan Bannatyne OBE.[4][5]

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.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Anne Snelgrove loses seat to Tories". Swindon Advertiser. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Election 2015: Clean sweep for Tories in Wiltshire". BBC News. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Anne Snelgrove becomes an Arthritis Champion". Swindon Advertiser. Newsquest. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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