Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell MP | |
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Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central | |
Assumed office 24 February 2017 | |
Preceded by | Tristram Hunt |
Majority | 3,897 (11.8%) |
Member of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council for Silverdale and Parksite | |
Assumed office 4 August 2016 | |
Preceded by | Eileen Braithwaite |
Majority | 225[1] |
Member of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council for Knutton and Silverdale | |
In office 6 May 2010 – 22 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | Richard Gorton |
Succeeded by | Derrick Huckfield |
Majority | 313[2] |
Personal details | |
Born |
Gareth Craig Snell 1 January 1986 Stowmarket, England, UK |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | Keele University |
Gareth Craig Snell (born 1 January 1986) is a British Labour Co-operative politician, who entered Parliament as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent Central at the 2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election.[3] Following the snap general election, he was re-elected on 8 June 2017. He said earlier that, although he has lived in the Stoke-on-Trent area since arriving at university, he “remains a Suffolk lad at heart”.[4]
Education
Snell was educated at Stowmarket High School,[4] in the market town of Stowmarket in Suffolk in East Anglia, followed by Keele University, where he studied History and Politics, graduating in 2008.[5]
Political career
Before his election as an MP, Snell served as a member of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, including a period as leader from 2012 and 2014. As leader he made the Council a Living Wage employer and part of the Cooperative Council network. He also implemented a 'no redundancies' policy that remains in force. He lost his council seat in the 2014 elections but was re-elected in a by-election on 5 August 2016 with 56% of the vote.[6] He was a supporter of Remain in the June 2016 European Union referendum;[7] however, he has made it clear that he respects the referendum result and will work for the best Brexit deal for Stoke.
On 24 February 2017, Snell defeated eight other candidates to win the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, including second-placed Paul Nuttall, the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party. He was re-elected with a majority of nearly 4,000 on 8 June 2017. This was an increase of the figure of 2,600 at the by-election, but compares to 20,000 from 1997.[8]
References
- ↑ "Labour Party chooses candidate for by-election". Stoke Sentinel. 25 January 2017.
- ↑ "Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council Election Results" (PDF). The Elections Centre. 25 February 2017.
- ↑ "Labour Party chooses candidate for by-election". Stoke Sentinel. 25 January 2017.
- 1 2 Paul Geater (27 February 2017). ""Suffolk lad" Labour MP Gareth Snell starts his Westminster career". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ↑ University, Keele. "2008, Keele University". www.keele.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
- ↑ "Former council leader returns to council after by-election win". Stoke Sentinel. 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
- ↑ Jessica Elgot (2017-02-13). "Labour's Stoke byelection candidate apologises for offensive tweets aimed at women". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
- ↑ "Stoke-on-Trent Central parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
External links
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 2010–present
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Tristram Hunt |
Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central 2017–present |
Incumbent |