16 Facts About Anthony Mangnall

Anthony Mangnall worked in London and Singapore as a shipbroker before entering politics as a Special Adviser on foreign affairs.

Anthony Mangnall served an undergraduate internship as a parliamentary researcher for William Hague, then after graduating he embarked upon a career in shipbroking.

At the 2017 general election Anthony Mangnall contested the traditionally safe Labour seat of Warley, where although unsuccessful he did achieve the biggest swing to the Tories.

Anthony Mangnall briefly served as a Member of the Regulatory Reform Committee between March 2020 and May 2021, then the Procedures Committee between March 2020 to July 2020, before joining the International Trade Select Committee in November 2020.

The Department for International Trade and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy merged to form the Department for Business and Trade, Anthony Mangnall joined the Business and Trade Committee.

Anthony Mangnall was the first of the 2019 Conservative intake to defy the Government Whip during the Telecommunications Bill which proposed that Huawei provide the UK's telecommunication infrastructure network.

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

Anthony Mangnall advocated against NHS staff being forced to have vaccinations and the mandate extending the wearing of face-coverings to most indoor settings.

Anthony Mangnall gained cross-party support in the House of Commons for all new free trade deals to be given significant debating time before a vote.

In February 2022 Anthony Mangnall declared that he had submitted a letter of no confidence in the then-Prime Minister, Boris Johnson MP, to the 1922 Committee.

Anthony Mangnall asserted that "standards in public life matter", concluding that Boris Johnson's behaviour had fallen short of the mark expected by the British public.

Anthony Mangnall gave one interview to the Daily Telegraph journalist Chris Hope outlining his reasons.

Anthony Mangnall was Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Action on Conflict and Global Britain, Vice-Chairman of the APPG on Photonics and Quantum and of the APPG on Shellfish Aquaculture, and a member of the APPG on Ukraine.

In 2020, Anthony Mangnall introduced a Private Member's Bill to the Commons called the "Recall of MPs Bill" intending to create a recall process should a Member of Parliament voluntarily change party affiliation without mandate from the electorate.

On 12 May 2023, Anthony Mangnall married Harriet, only daughter of Paul Cherry, of Hertfordshire, and Caroline nee Nall-Cain, the Hon.

Richmal Anthony Mangnall was a collateral ancestor and Ernest Anthony Mangnall a kinsman.