Anne Snelgrove
Anne Snelgrove | |
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Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
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 | Wokingham, Berkshire, UK | 7 August 1957
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Winchester |
Anne Christine Snelgrove (born 7 August 1957) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Swindon South from 2005 to 2010; from June 2009 to May 2010, she was a Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. In 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.
She launched the Geared for Giving campaign in May 2008 with Duncan Bannatyne OBE.[1][2]
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[]
- ^ Ford, Emily (26 June 2009). "Could you live on 98 per cent of your pay?". The Times. News International. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ "Anne Snelgrove becomes an Arthritis Champion". Swindon Advertiser. Newsquest. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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