Anne Snelgrove

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
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	(1957-08-07) 7 August 1957 (age 68) Wokingham, Berkshire, UK
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Winchester

Political career

Snelgrove was elected as MP to Swindon South at the 2005 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]}