Andrew Snowden | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Fylde | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Mark Menzies |
Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner | |
In office 13 May 2021 –8 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Clive Grunshaw |
Succeeded by | Clive Grunshaw |
Personal details | |
Born | October 1984 (age 39) |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Caroline Snowden |
Education | University of Salford |
Andrew James Snowden (born October 1984) is a British Conservative Party politician elected as Member of Parliament for Fylde at the 2024 general election. He was previously Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2021 to 2024.
Snowden was born in Bolton and lives in Chorley. [1] He has a degree in contemporary military and international history (2008) from the University of Salford,where he was president of the students' union in 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. He returned to the university in 2013 to take up the post of head of the Vice-Chancellor's office,and in 2018 became the associate director of external relations. [2]
Snowden was elected Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner in the 2021 election held on 6 May. He received 181,314 votes (51.3%) in total,defeating the incumbent,Labour's Clive Grunshaw. [3] He was defeated on 2 May 2024 by Clive Grunshaw,who had also been his predecessor in the post. [4]
He was previously a member of Lancashire County Council representing Hoghton with Wheelton ward in the borough of Chorley. [1]
In June 2024,Snowden was selected as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Fylde for the 2024 general election on 4 July 2024;the constituency has been held by the Conservative Party since it was created in 1918. [5] He was elected to serve as Member of Parliament for Fylde with a majority of 561 votes. [6] [7]
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