Gareth Snell MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central is Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op)).
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Gareth Snell as a current member of these 5 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 26 June 2025 | Current |
| Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) | 10 March 2025 | Current |
| Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) | 10 March 2025 | Current |
| Committee on Standards | 28 October 2024 | Current |
| Committee of Privileges | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 26 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
| Procedure Committee | 19 March 2019 | 6 November 2019 |
| Public Accounts Committee | 11 September 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 13 March 2017 | 3 May 2017 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 2b6b87547e32.
Register of interests
Gareth Snell has 6 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 16 July 2024 and the latest on 15 October 2026. By category: Miscellaneous (5), Shareholdings (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Governor, Birches Head Academy. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-09-29
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Member, Local Community Committee - Clayton High Academy. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-06-18
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Board Observer, Stoke-on-Trent City Centre Business Improvement District. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-12-20
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Shares in Clayduck Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Date on which interest in the holding ended: 2025-11-18
- Name of the company or partnership: Clayduck Ltd
Governor, Abbey Hill Academy and College. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Governor, City of Stoke-on-Trent 6th Form College. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Gareth Snell's office spent £117,969 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. In 2023-24 it was £0. Office costs came to £26,586 of a £30,426 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £117,969.36 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Office costs: spent | £26,585.71 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Accommodation: spent | £19,653.15 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £11,851.24 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £26,608 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024, with an uplift to cover the cost of one dependant).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Stoke-on-Trent Central BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent part time), Intern (fixed term part time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 547 votes by Gareth Snell in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 62 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 2 September 2026 to 21 October 2026. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Gareth Snell has tabled 336 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Education; Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade ; and others.
Pre-school Education: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support early years providers to recruit, train and retain a skilled workforce, including through opportunities for providers to develop and train staff in-house.
Pre-school Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of early years funding levels on the ability of providers to meet increasing operating costs and deliver high-quality early education and childcar …
Illegal Gambling Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the Illegal Gambling Taskforce has met since its inception.
Illegal Gambling Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many Illegal Gambling Taskforce sub groups have been established by the Illegal Gambling Taskforce and what issue each is focussed on.
Illegal Gambling Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many individuals are members of the Illegal Gambling Taskforce.
Diplomatic Service: Tableware
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what actions he is taking to ensure that each UK embassy and consulate around the world is using British made tableware.
Beer: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many meetings have taken place within the department and appropriate predecessor departments to consider the responses to the consultation on retaining and expanding access to …
Beer: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to publish the outcome of the consultation on access to market for small and independent brewers before Christmas recess 2026.
Bricks: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the UK brick manufacturing sector to meet domestic demand bricks.
Official Cars
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what actions she is taking to increase the proportion of British manufactures cars used in the Government Car Service.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 25ae37b19fa0. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Gareth Snell.
2024 general election
Gareth Snell won Stoke-on-Trent Central at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 14,950 votes (42.4%), a majority of 6,409 over Luke Shenton (Reform UK). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Stoke-on-Trent Central figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.