About your Member of Parliament
Your MP (Mel Stride) represents you, and all of the people who live in Central Devon,
at the UK Parliament in Westminster.
MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency.
In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government.
In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues.
They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.
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Profile
Conservative MP for Central Devon
Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Topics of interest
Mel Stride campaigned to remain in the European Union
Source: BBC
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Treasury
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Health
- Northern Ireland
- Winter Fuel Payment
- Pension Credit
- Work Capability Assessment
- Defence: Finance
- Universal Credit
Currently held offices
- Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (since 4 Nov 2024)
- Chair, Treasury Committee (since 27 Jan 2020)
Other offices held in the past
- Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ( 8 Jul 2024 to 4 Nov 2024)
- The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (25 Oct 2022 to 5 Jul 2024)
- Chair, Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations (20 Jun 2022 to 26 Oct 2022)
- Chair, Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations (20 Jun 2022 to 26 Oct 2022)
- Chair, Treasury Committee Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations (20 Jun 2022 to 20 Jun 2022)
- Chair, Treasury Committee Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations (20 Jun 2022 to 20 Jun 2022)
- Member, Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill Committee ( 9 Nov 2021 to 17 Nov 2021)
- Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (20 May 2020 to 25 Oct 2022)
- Chair, Treasury Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 25 Oct 2022)
- Chair, Treasury Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 25 Oct 2022)
- Chair, Treasury Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (23 Oct 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Chair, Treasury Committee (23 Oct 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Chair, Treasury Committee (23 Oct 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (23 May 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Member, Public Accounts Commission (23 May 2019 to 24 Jul 2019)
- Member, House of Commons Commission (23 May 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (23 May 2019 to 24 Jul 2019)
- Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General (12 Jun 2017 to 23 May 2019)
- Comptroller (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons) (18 Jul 2016 to 12 Jun 2017)
- The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (13 May 2015 to 17 Jul 2016)
- Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (15 Jul 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
- Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 28 Nov 2011)
Public bill committees (Sittings attended)
Recent appearances
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people impacted by the changes to PIP proposed in the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill she estimates will (a) lose eligibility to PIP entirely, (b) be eligible for the UC health element under the current system and (c) be eligible for the UC health element under her Department’s...
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(Urgent Question): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if she will make a statement on the Government’s performance against the fiscal rules.
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The Chancellor said that she would not make any commitments that were not “fully funded and fully costed”, but the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has just said that he now expects us to wait until the autumn to hear how the Government intend to cover the £6 billion of unfunded commitments that their U-turns have run up in the last month alone. A Government divided. A Government racking...
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