14 Facts About Gareth Snell

Gareth Craig Snell was born on 1 January 1986 and is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central from 2017 to 2019.

Gareth Snell regained the seat at the 2024 general election.

In July 2022, Snell was reselected as the Labour Parliamentary Prospective Candidate for Stoke-on-Trent Central.

Gareth Snell was educated at Stowmarket High School in Suffolk, East Anglia, and graduated from Keele University in 2008 after studying History and Politics.

Gareth Snell served as General Secretary of the Students' Union and founded Keele Labour Students.

Gareth Snell unsuccessfully stood for election to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council in 2007 and 2008, but was finally elected to represent Knutton and Silverdale ward in May 2010.

Gareth Snell was elected as the Leader of the Council after Labour won a majority at the 2012 local elections.

In January 2017, Gareth Snell was selected as the Labour Party candidate in the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, triggered following the resignation of Tristram Hunt.

Gareth Snell was re-elected with a majority of nearly 4,000 on 8 June 2017.

Gareth 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.

Gareth Snell regained the seat in the General Election of July 2024.

Gareth Snell supported Remain in the 2016 EU referendum, but opposed a second referendum and supported an exit deal to avoid leaving without one.

Between 2020 and 2021, Gareth Snell was Campaign Manager for the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hodge Hill, Liam Byrne in the 2021 West Midlands mayoral election, where Byrne lost.

Gareth Snell was in charge of managing volunteers and staff, as well as coordinating messaging and fundraising.