Gareth Snell

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[1] and served until his defeat in December 2019.

Gareth Snell
Snell in 2017
Member of Parliament
for Stoke-on-Trent Central
In office
23 February 2017 – 6 November 2019
Preceded byTristram Hunt
Succeeded byJo Gideon
Member of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
for Silverdale and Parksite
In office
4 August 2016 – 6 May 2018
Preceded byEileen Braithwaite
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Majority225[1]
Member of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
for Knutton and Silverdale
In office
6 May 2010 – 22 May 2014
Preceded byRichard Gorton
Succeeded byDerrick Huckfield
Personal details
Born
Gareth Craig Snell

(1986-01-01) 1 January 1986
Stowmarket, England, UK
Political partyLabour Co-operative
Alma materKeele University

Education

Snell was educated at Stowmarket High School,[2] in the market town of Stowmarket in Suffolk in East Anglia, followed by Keele University, where he studied History and Politics, graduating in 2008.[3]

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.[4] He was a supporter of Remain in the June 2016 European Union referendum;[5] however, he has said 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 UKIP.[6] 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.[7] Snell lost his seat in the 2019 general election to Conservative Jo Gideon, predicting his defeat even before his result was announced on BBC television.

References
  1. "Labour Party chooses candidate for by-election". Stoke Sentinel. 25 January 2017.
  2. Paul Geater (27 February 2017). ""Suffolk lad" Labour MP Gareth Snell starts his Westminster career". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. University, Keele. "2008, Keele University". www.keele.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  4. "Former council leader returns to council after by-election win". Stoke Sentinel. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. Elgot, Jessica (13 February 2017). "Labour's Stoke byelection candidate apologises for offensive tweets aimed at women". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  6. Bienkov, Adam (24 February 2017). "Labour defeats UKIP leader Paul Nuttall in Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election". Business Insider. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  7. "Stoke-on-Trent Central parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Tristram Hunt		 Member of Parliament
for Stoke-on-Trent Central
2017–present		 Succeeded by
Jo Gideon
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