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Andrew Snowden

Andrew Snowden

Police & Crime Commissioner for Lancashire

For the cricketer, see Andrew Snowdon.

Andrew James Snowden (born October 1984) is a British Conservative politician and 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.[1]

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He was previously a member of Lancashire County Council representing Hoghton with Wheelton ward in the borough of Chorley.[2]

He was born in Bolton and lives in Chorley.[2] 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.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Elections 2021: Conservative wins term as Lancashire PCC". BBC News. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    Jacobs, Bill (20 July 2019). "Tories pick Bolton-born candidate for crime commissioner job". The Bolton News. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  3. [3]
    "University of Salford's Associate Director of External Relations is to become Lancashire's Police and Crime". University of Salford. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.


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