At a glanceGareth Snell is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 497 votes in Commons divisions (86% attendance), tabled 495 written questions and registered 6 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Gareth Snell did not vote in 77. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee since 26 Jun 2025
- Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee since 26 Jun 2025
- Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Committee since 10 Mar 2025
- Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) Committee since 10 Mar 2025
- Committee of Privileges Committee since 28 Oct 2024
- Committee on Standards Committee since 28 Oct 2024
- Stoke-on-Trent Central Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 23 Feb 2017
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Alex Mayer Labour 100.0% · 491 of 491 shared votes
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 486 of 486 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 480 of 480 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 477 of 477 shared votes
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Callum Anderson
Labour
100.0% · 475 of 475 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.6% · 2 of 308 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 289 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.7% · 1 of 153 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.9% · 3 of 343 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
0.9% · 3 of 323 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP1
- Daniel Luhde-Thompson - £10,000.00 (registered 29 Jul 2025)
Shareholdings1
- Shares in Clayduck Ltd (registered 23 Jul 2024)
Miscellaneous4
- Member, Local Community Committee - Clayton High Academy. This is an unpaid role. (registered 29 Jun 2026)
- Board Observer, Stoke-on-Trent City Centre Business Improvement District. This is an unpaid role. (registered 30 Dec 2024)
- Governor, Abbey Hill Academy and College. This is an unpaid role. (registered 16 Jul 2024)
- Governor, City of Stoke-on-Trent 6th Form College. This is an unpaid role. (registered 16 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Artificial Intelligence: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that proposals for labelling AI-generated content are informed by engagement with visual artists and creators regarding the use of their wo
Answer · 14 Jul 2026
On 18 March, we published our report and impact assessment on copyright and AI. This set out where we will do more work with our creative and AI sectors. The Government recognises that labelling AI-generated content can improve transparency for consumers ...
Artificial Intelligence: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the proposed taskforce on the labelling of AI-generated content will consider measures to improve transparency for consumers when AI-generated or AI-assisted content is derived
Answer · 14 Jul 2026
On 18 March, we published our report and impact assessment on copyright and AI. This set out where we will do more work with our creative and AI sectors. The Government recognises that labelling AI-generated content can improve transparency for consumers ...
Artificial Intelligence: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress her Department has made on establishing a taskforce on the labelling of AI-generated content.
Answer · 14 Jul 2026
On 18 March, we published our report and impact assessment on copyright and AI. This set out where we will do more work with our creative and AI sectors. The Government recognises that labelling AI-generated content can improve transparency for consumers ...
Arts: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether representatives of the visual arts sector will be included in the membership of the working group on independent and smaller creative organisations.
Answer · 10 Jul 2026
We are in the process of establishing the working group, and have reached out to prospective members including independent creatives, creative industries trade and member organisations, and individuals with expertise in law and licensing. We are now confi...
Artificial Intelligence: Copyright
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the proposed working group on independent and smaller creative organisations will consider measures to prevent the unauthorised use of copyright-protected works by AI systems.
Answer · 10 Jul 2026
We are in the process of establishing the working group, and have reached out to prospective members including independent creatives, creative industries trade and member organisations, and individuals with expertise in law and licensing. We are now confi...
Arts: Intellectual Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the proposed working group on independent and smaller creative organisations will consider measures to improve access to licensing and rights management mechanisms for visual artists, cer
Answer · 10 Jul 2026
We are in the process of establishing the working group, and have reached out to prospective members including independent creatives, creative industries trade and member organisations, and individuals with expertise in law and licensing. We are now confi...
Artificial Intelligence: Arts
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress she has made on establishing a working group on independent and smaller creative organisations on the impact of AI on creators, and when she expects the working group to hold
Answer · 10 Jul 2026
We are in the process of establishing the working group, and have reached out to prospective members including independent creatives, creative industries trade and member organisations, and individuals with expertise in law and licensing. We are now confi...
Terrorism: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of security in Northern Ireland.
Answer · 8 Jul 2026
The Threat Level in Northern Ireland is under constant review by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC). There is a formal assessment of the Threat Level, which is reviewed twice yearly. This was done most recently in March - where the threat level wa...
Early day motions
| 15 Jul 2019 | INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL WORLD CUP FINAL | 36 sig. |
| 10 Apr 2019 | CHILDREN'S SERVICES IN STOKE ON TRENT | 8 sig. |
| 26 Jun 2018 | FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES | 20 sig. |
| 19 Jun 2018 | DEFENCE FIRE AND RESCUE PROJECT CONTRACT AND MOD CONTINGENT LIABILITY | 56 sig. |
| 17 Jul 2017 | STOKE-ON-TRENT UK CITY OF CULTURE 2021 | 7 sig. |
| 27 Jun 2017 | CONTRIBUTION OF THE CO-OPERATIVE ECONOMY | 43 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I am broadly sympathetic and supportive of the proposals for Staffordshire, as the only MP in Staffordshire already in a single unitary authority, but may I ask the Secretary of State why he did not use the opportunity to make some of the …
16 Jul 2026 British Steel
I say to the Minister that we should never apologise for taking bold action that protects well-paid, unionised jobs in this country and is crucial to the reindustrialisation of our nation, which we know is the future policy agenda. Furt…
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
Longton station in my constituency was allocated money from the transforming cities fund to have a lift installed. Unfortunately, that money was reallocated by the city council towards some paving slabs. Can I have a meeting with the Depar…
15 Jul 2026 Iran
I believe the point my hon. Friend is making is that the Iranian state is sponsoring these bot farms that are pumping out political points in the UK, which are a perfectly legitimate debate point, but are not underpinned by real people exp…
15 Jul 2026 Iran
Will my hon. Friend take an intervention?
15 Jul 2026 Iran
My hon. Friend is absolutely right about the malign influence. Following some of the attacks in Iran and the Iranian people seeking to change their leadership, he will have seen the same report as I saw that when the Iranian Government tu…
15 Jul 2026 Iran
Fewer!
15 Jul 2026 National Energy System Operator: Blackout Risk
My constituents in Stoke-on-Trent Central are used to just plugging something in, switching a switch and there being electrical power, but I think we can all accept that with extreme weather becoming a bigger pattern in our lives, these ev…
14 Jul 2026 Business of the House
The Leader of the House says that there will be a motion on a statutory instrument on national security. I hope that is the SI that will finally allow us to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has been sufficiently behin…
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
It is quite something to listen to a shadow Secretary of State whose party oversaw a net migration increase of 2.5 million in four years, and who has the brass neck to lecture the party in government on how to clear up his mess. Does he th…
13 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I thank the Minister for her answers. She will know that local government reorganisation is one side of the coin, and devolution is the other. In places like Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, access to bus franchising, the adult skills age…
9 Jul 2026 British Industry Supercharger: Ceramics
I believe my hon. Friend is referring to the Copeland plate that he saw, which was made in the old Copeland factory not far from my current constituency office. Again, that demonstrates the soft power that we have in the export market. Mr …
9 Jul 2026 British Industry Supercharger: Ceramics
One last time.
9 Jul 2026 British Industry Supercharger: Ceramics
There are many wonderful 10-minute rule Bills and private Members’ Bills that support the ceramics sector, and my hon. Friend’s back British bricks Bill is one of them. More to the point, it makes economic and environmental sense, rather t…
9 Jul 2026 British Industry Supercharger: Ceramics
I agree with my hon. Friend, who has been pursuing that for a long time. The ceramics industry is a great example of where procurement rules could be geared more towards supporting domestic manufacturing, not least in bricks. If we are goi…
9 Jul 2026 British Industry Supercharger: Ceramics
The sector is also important to my hon. Friends’ constituencies in other parts of Staffordshire. I will rehearse some of the figures, Madam Deputy Speaker. Of course, given that I am a proud MP who represents a brickworks, you will be a…
9 Jul 2026 British Industry Supercharger: Ceramics
At the outset of this Adjournment debate on ceramics, I declare my interest as a member of the GMB trade union and chair of the all-party parliamentary group for ceramics, for which the secretariat is provided by Ceramics UK. I also want t…
9 Jul 2026 Business of the House
Given that we have celebrated the Leader of the House’s birthday, may I draw his attention to the upcoming birthday of H & E Smith in my constituency? It is one of the last standing embossed and glazed tile manufacturers, and anyone wh…
7 Jul 2026 Human Rights in Kashmir
I appreciate that the Minister is standing in for the Minister for the Middle East, who is not in his place this afternoon. On bilateral working, the UK Government have settled positions on Somalia, Crimea and the conflict in Israel and Pa…
7 Jul 2026 Future of British Horseracing
I congratulate my hon. Friend on her excellent speech. The point she raises is apt, and what she describes is currently happening. I am sure she will share my concerns and welcome comments from the Minister about how we can mitigate the un…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Procedure Committee 19 Mar 2019 – 6 Nov 2019
- Public Accounts Committee 11 Sep 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Science, Innovation and Technology Committee 13 Mar 2017 – 3 May 2017
Previous seats
- Stoke-on-Trent Central · Elected 2 times 23 Feb 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
Elections contested
- Stoke-on-Trent Central 12 Dec 2019
Expenses
Contact & offices
01782 971949
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Constituency office
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Gareth Snell, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Gareth Snell?
Gareth Snell is a Member of Parliament representing Stoke-on-Trent Central in the House of Commons. See Gareth Snell's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Gareth Snell represent?
Gareth Snell sits as Labour (Co-op). See Gareth Snell's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Gareth Snell represent?
Gareth Snell is the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central. See Gareth Snell's official Parliament profile.
How long has Gareth Snell been an MP?
Gareth Snell has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Gareth Snell's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Gareth Snell?
Gareth Snell has 6 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Gareth Snell's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.