Andrew Snowden

For the cricketer, see Andrew Snowdon.

Andrew James Snowden (born 18 October 1984)^[1] is a British Conservative Party politician elected as Member of Parliament for Fylde at the 2024 general election.

Andrew Snowden MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament for Fylde
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2024
Preceded by	Mark Menzies
Majority	561 (1.2%)
Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner
In office 13 May 2021 – 8 May 2024
Preceded by	Clive Grunshaw
Succeeded by	Clive Grunshaw
Lancashire County Councillor for Hoghton with Wheelton
In office 4 May 2017 – 6 May 2021
Preceded by	Division created
Succeeded by	Alan Cullens
Personal details
Born	(1984-10-18) 18 October 1984 (age 40) Bolton, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Caroline Snowden
Education	University of Salford

He served as the Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2021 to 2024.

Early life and education

Snowden was born in Bolton and lives in Fylde.^[2] He has a degree in contemporary military and international history (2008) from the University of Salford, where he was president of the students' union in 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. He returned to the university in 2013 to take up the post of head of the Vice-Chancellor's office, and in 2018 became the associate director of external relations.^[3]

Political career before Parliament

Snowden was elected Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner in the 2021 election held on 6 May. He received 181,314 votes (51.3%) in total, defeating the incumbent, Labour's Clive Grunshaw.^[4] He was defeated on 2 May 2024 by Clive Grunshaw, who had also been his predecessor in the post.^[5]

He was previously a member of Lancashire County Council representing Hoghton with Wheelton ward in the borough of Chorley.^[2]

Parliamentary career

In June 2024, Snowden was selected as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Fylde for the 2024 general election on 4 July 2024; the constituency has been held by the Conservative Party since it was created in 1918.^[6] He was elected to serve as Member of Parliament for Fylde with a majority of 561 votes.^[7][8]

Electoral history

General election 2024: Fylde^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Snowden	15,917	33.2	−29.0
	Labour	Tom Calver	15,356	32.0	+6.8
	Reform UK	Brook Wimbury	8,295	17.3	N/A
	Independent	Anne Aitken	4,513	9.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Jewell	2,120	4.4	−2.9
	Green	Brenden Wilkinson	1,560	3.3	−0.2
	ADF	Cheryl Morrison	199	0.4	N/A
Majority			561	1.2
Turnout			48,105	62.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−17.9

Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2024^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Grunshaw	135,638	45.56%	+5.28
	Conservative	Andrew Snowden	101,281	34.02%	−9.39
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Darby	51,252	17.22%	+8.65
	Spoilt vote	n/a	9,534	3.20%	+0.15
Turnout			288,171	26.2%	−7.5
Total votes			297,705
	Labour gain from Conservative

Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2021[11][12]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Conservative	Andrew Snowden	166,202	43.41%	15,152	181,354	51.27%	​​
	Labour	Clive Grunshaw	154,195	40.28%	18,167	172,362	48.73%	​​
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Darby	32,813	8.57%				​​
	Reform UK	Mark James Barker	17,926	4.68%				​​
	Spoilt vote	n/a	11,696	3.05%				​​
Turnout			371,136	33.7%
Total votes			382,832
	Conservative gain from Labour

2017 Lancashire County Council election: Hoghton with Wheelton Party

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Snowdon	1,925	46.5
	Labour	Margaret France	1,830	44.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fenn	242	5.8
	Green	Gillian Hargreaves	140	3.4
Majority			95	2.3
Turnout			4,143	42.1
Registered electors			9,851
	Conservative win (new seat)