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Mr Andrew Snowden, MP for Fylde

Andrew Snowden has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions).

Roles and committees

Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.

In opposition

PostWhen
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions)2026 to nowNow
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons))2024 to 2026

Committees

PostWhen
Crown Estate Bill [HL]2025
Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill2024

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.

Andrew Snowden has 7 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesR&A Championships Limited - £790.0023 Jul 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPJohn James - £2,500.0010 Jul 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesFylde Borough Council - £331.309 Jul 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPD-Tec International - £2,500.003 Feb 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPColin Shenton - £1,500.001 Dec 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPColin Shenton - £1,500.001 Dec 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPFox Brothers - £2,500.0017 Sep 2025

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.

Andrew Snowden asked 1773 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care253
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government182
Home Office182
Department for Education166
Treasury146

Latest questions

14 Sep 2026 · to the Cabinet Office
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Cabinet Office
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Education
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Education
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Not answered yet

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.

PAID IN 2025-26
£33,716
Office costs · claims for running an office£25,169
Staffing · claims relating to staff£4,500
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£4,047

106 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Andrew Snowden represents Fylde. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Andrew Snowden

Conservative

MAJORITY
561

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
62%

of people who could vote did

Andrew Snowden won with 33% of the votes, and Tom Calver (Labour) came second with 32%.

Votes for each party

Conservative33% · 15,917
Labour32% · 15,356
Reform UK17% · 8,295
Independent9% · 4,513
Liberal Democrat4% · 2,120
Green Party3% · 1,560
Everyone else0% · 199
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Andrew SnowdenConservative15,91733.2%
Tom CalverLabour15,35632.0%
Brook WimburyReform UK8,29517.3%
Anne AitkenIndependent4,5139.4%
Mark JewellLiberal Democrat2,1204.4%
Brenden WilkinsonGreen Party1,5603.3%
Cheryl MorrisonAlliance for Democracy and Freedom1990.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£819 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.6%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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How they vote

In the last 12 months Andrew Snowden took part in 160 Commons votes.

More detail on how they vote

Andrew Snowden voted the same way as their party in 158 of the 158 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

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Has this changed over time?

90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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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