Gareth Snell, MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central
Gareth Snell has been an MP since 2017. Currently: Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill; Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee); Statutory Instruments (Select Committee).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2025 | |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2025 to now | Now |
| Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) | 2025 to now | Now |
| Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) | 2025 to now | Now |
| Committee on Standards | 2024 to now | Now |
| Committee of Privileges | 2024 to now | Now |
| Procedure Committee | 2019 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2017 to 2019 |
Show the other 1
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2017 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Gareth Snell has 5 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Member, Local Community Committee - Clayton High Academy. This is an unpaid role. | 29 Jun 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Board Observer, Stoke-on-Trent City Centre Business Improvement District. This is an unpaid role. | 30 Dec 2024 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Clayduck Ltd | 23 Jul 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Governor, Abbey Hill Academy and College. This is an unpaid role. | 16 Jul 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Governor, City of Stoke-on-Trent 6th Form College. This is an unpaid role. | 16 Jul 2024 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Gareth Snell asked 203 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
87 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Gareth Snell represents Stoke-on-Trent Central. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Gareth Snell won with 42% of the votes, and Luke Shenton (Reform UK) came second with 24%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gareth Snell | Labour | 14,950 | 42.4% |
| Luke Shenton | Reform UK | 8,541 | 24.2% |
| Chandra Kanneganti | Conservative | 6,221 | 17.6% |
| Navid Kaleem | Independent | 2,281 | 6.5% |
| Adam Colclough | Green Party | 1,703 | 4.8% |
| Laura McCarthy | Liberal Democrat | 999 | 2.8% |
| Andy Poleshaw | Independent | 315 | 0.9% |
| AliRom Alirom | Independent | 279 | 0.8% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Gareth Snell took part in 231 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Gareth Snell voted the same way as their party in 228 of the 228 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this