18 Facts About Anthony Mangnall

Anthony James Holland Mangnall was born on 12 August 1989 and is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Totnes since 2019.

Anthony Mangnall studied history, politics, and sociology at the University of Exeter.

Anthony Mangnall moved to Singapore in 2012 to work as a broker for shipbroking company Braemar ACM where he served on the small tankers desk focussing on emerging markets.

Anthony Mangnall joined Poten and Partners in London in 2014 where he focussed on West Africa small tankers including the evaluation of national fuel security levels.

Anthony Mangnall then returned to work for William Hague in 2016 as his Private Secretary managing Hague's private and public interests including working on the closure of the UK's domestic trade of ivory.

Anthony Mangnall contested the notionally safe Labour constituency of Warley in the 2017 general election.

Anthony Mangnall was selected as the Conservative candidate for Totnes on 20 July 2019.

Anthony Mangnall was elected in the 2019 general election with a majority of 12,724.

Anthony Mangnall briefly served as a Member of the Regulatory Reform Committee between March 2020 and May 2021, and the Procedures Committee between March 2020 to July 2020.

Anthony Mangnall was the first of the 2019 intake to vote against the Government during the Telecommunications Bill to allow Huawei to be included within the UK's telecommunication infrastructure network.

Anthony Mangnall was a vocal opponent of the cut to the UK's Foreign aid believing that the UK's role in international development to be globally leading and of national interest.

Anthony Mangnall opposed NHS staff being forced to have vaccinations.

Anthony Mangnall has found cross party support for more time on the floor of the House of Commons for all new free trade deals to be given significant debate time and a vote.

Anthony Mangnall has been a strong proponent of free trade and in 2020 he co-authored a paper through the Policy Exchange on the benefits of UK membership to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

In February 2022 Anthony Mangnall announced that he had submitted a letter of no confidence in the then Prime Minister, Boris Johnson MP.

Anthony Mangnall cited the fact that "standards in public life matter" and that Boris Johnson had fallen short of the mark expected by the British people.

Anthony Mangnall gave a single interview to Telegraph journalist Chris Hope outlining his reasons.

Anthony Mangnall is co-chair for Conservative Friends of International Development.