Anthony Mangnall

Anthony James Holland Mangnall[2] (born 12 August 1989) is a British Conservative Party politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Totnes since the 2019 general election. Prior to his parliamentary career, Mangnall worked in shipbroking and as a special adviser.

Anthony Mangnall

MP
Member of Parliament
for Totnes
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded bySarah Wollaston
Majority12,724 (24.4%)
Personal details
Born (1989-08-12) 12 August 1989[1]
Political partyConservative
Alma materUniversity of Exeter

Early life

Mangnall was born on 12 August 1989.[1] His early childhood was spent in Zimbabwe and Northern Ireland.[3] Mangnall was privately educated at the Shrewsbury School in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.[4] After this, he spent three months as a shepherd on the Lochbuie Estate on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.[5] Mangnall then studied history, politics, and sociology at the University of Exeter.[6] During his time at university, he worked as a researcher in the parliamentary office of former Richmond (Yorks) MP and Foreign Secretary William Hague.[7]

Mangnall moved to Singapore in 2012 to work as a broker for shipbroking company Braemar ACM. He joined Poten and Partners in London in 2014. Mangnall then returned to politics in 2016 and worked in Hague's office as a special adviser.[6][8]

Parliamentary career

Mangnall was selected as the Conservative candidate for Totnes on 20 July 2019.[9] Prior to his selection, he was working as a special adviser to then Secretary of State for Wales, Alun Cairns.[3][6] He had previously contested the notionally safe Labour constituency of Warley in the West Midlands in the 2017 general election.[5] Mangnall was elected in the 2019 general election with a majority of 12,724. The seat had previously been represented by Sarah Wollaston who had left the Conservatives in February to join Change UK, and subsequently stood as a Liberal Democrats candidate in the constituency.[10] He has been a member of the Procedure Committee and Regulatory Reform Committee since March 2020.[11][12]

References
  1. "Members' Names Data Platform query". parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. "Members Sworn". parliament.uk. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  3. "Anthony Mangnall". Totnes Conservatives. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  4. "The Salopian" (PDF). p. 62. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  5. Ireland, Shane (9 June 2017). "UK General Election 2017 results: Warley held by Labour". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  6. Bond, Daniel (16 December 2019). "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". Politics Home. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  7. "Register Of Interests Of Members' Secretaries And Research Assistants [as at 28th October 2011]". parliament.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  8. Booth, Richard; Clark, Daniel (13 December 2019). "Totnes General Election 2019 results live". Devon Live. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  9. Merritt, Anita (21 July 2019). "The battle to become the next Totnes MP steps up a gear". Devon Live. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  10. "Totnes MP Sarah Wollaston loses seat after party switch". BBC News. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  11. "Business for Monday 09 March 2020". parliament.uk. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  12. "Membership of Regulatory Reform Committee announced". parliament.uk. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sarah Wollaston		 Member of Parliament for Totnes
2019–present		 Incumbent
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