Official portrait of Gareth Snell

Gareth Snell

Labour (Co-op) MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central, since 4 July 2024

Gareth Snell is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

86.6% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
497 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 1 as teller
77 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour (Co-op) MPs
6 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
441 Debates spoken in 495 written questions tabled

Ranked 70 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
2 Jul 2025 Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 deferred division Aye 333–168
2 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 338–79
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading Aye 335–260
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading No 149–328
30 Jun 2025 Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 Aye 315–4
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading Aye 314–291
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 No vote 274–224
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 No vote 275–209
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 No vote 223–269
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 No vote 213–266
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 No vote 208–261
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading Aye 312–95
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 130 No 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121 No 114–310
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No 147–305
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No 102–390
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 No 117–379
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 Aye 379–137
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 No 89–428
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 189–328
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175 No 184–336
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174 No 194–335
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 No vote 259–216
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 No vote 230–256

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

£10,000

Name of donor: Daniel Luhde-Thompson
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date received: 14 July 2025
Date accepted: 14 July 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 29 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Clayduck Ltd
Interest held: until 18 November 2025
(Registered 23 July 2024; updated 2 December 2025)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Member, Local Community Committee - Clayton High Academy. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 18 June 2026
(Registered 29 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Board Observer, Stoke-on-Trent City Centre Business Improvement District. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 20 December 2024
(Registered 30 December 2024)

On the register since 30 Dec 2025

Governor, Abbey Hill Academy and College. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 16 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Governor, City of Stoke-on-Trent 6th Form College. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 16 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

441 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £10,000 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
11 Jul 2025 Gareth Snell sitting MP Daniel Luhde-Thompson Individual Cash £10k

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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