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.
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 | 7 August 1957 Wokingham, Berkshire, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Winchester |
Political career
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
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]