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Sir Mel Stride

Rt Hon Sir Mel Stride MP

Conservative · Central Devon · EX6 6QA

Key facts

Party Conservative (Con)
ConstituencyCentral Devon
First elected6 May 2010
ResultCon Hold
GenderM
Emailmel.stride.mp@parliament.uk
Phone020 7219 7037
Websitehttp://melstridemp.com

Election results

Results for Central Devon at the most recent general election.

Mel Stride
Conservative 16831 31.5%
Ollie Pearson
Labour 16770 31.4%
Mark Wooding
Liberal Democrat 8232 15.4%
Jeffrey Leeks
Reform UK 7784 14.6%
Gill Westcott
Green Party 3338 6.2%
Arthur Price
Independent 477 0.9%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 25 October 2022 5 July 2024
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons 23 May 2019 24 July 2019
Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General 12 June 2017 23 May 2019
Comptroller (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons) 18 July 2016 12 June 2017
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) 13 May 2015 17 July 2016
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) 15 July 2014 30 March 2015

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer 4 November 2024 Present
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 8 July 2024 4 November 2024

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee 26 July 2010 28 November 2011
Public Accounts Commission 23 May 2019 24 July 2019
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority 23 May 2019 6 November 2019
House of Commons Commission 23 May 2019 6 November 2019
Liaison Committee (Commons) 20 May 2020 25 October 2022
Liaison Committee (Commons) 23 October 2019 6 November 2019
Treasury Committee 27 January 2020 25 October 2022
Treasury Committee 23 October 2019 6 November 2019
Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill 9 November 2021 17 November 2021
Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations 20 June 2022 26 October 2022

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Central Devon Present
Central Devon Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Conservative 6 May 2010 Present