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Philip Snowden

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 18 July 1864, Cowling, Yorkshire

Died: 15 May 1937

Peerages

1st Viscount Snowden - 24 November 1931

Member of Privy Council - 1924

husband of Ethel Annakin

cousin of Tom Snowden

Appointments

Chancellor of the Exchequer	22 January 1924	6 November 1924
Chancellor of the Exchequer	4 June 1929	5 November 1931
Lord Privy Seal	5 November 1931	1932

Elections fought

2 October 1900		Blackburn	Labour Party	7,096	42.41
25 March 1902		Wakefield	Labour Party	1,979	40.07
16 January 1906		Blackburn	Labour Party	10,282	51.01
17 January 1910		Blackburn	Labour Party	11,916	54.98
5 December 1910		Blackburn	Labour Party	10,762	51.61
14 December 1918		Blackburn	Labour Party	15,274	32.94
15 November 1922		Colne Valley	Labour Party	12,614	39.43
6 December 1923		Colne Valley	Labour Party	13,136	40.33
29 October 1924		Colne Valley	Labour Party	14,215	43.29
30 May 1929		Colne Valley	Labour Party	21,667	48.33