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 66)
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 from 2005 to 2010.

Political career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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. 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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