Mel Stride

The Right Honourable

Mel Stride

MP
The Right Honourable; Mel Stride; MP
	Official portrait, 2019
Chair of the Treasury Select Committee
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 October 2019
Preceded by	Nicky Morgan
Leader of the House of Commons; Lord President of the Council
	In office; 23 May 2019 – 24 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Andrea Leadsom
Succeeded by	Jacob Rees-Mogg
Financial Secretary to the Treasury; Paymaster General
	In office; 13 June 2017 – 23 May 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Ben Gummer; Jane Ellison
Succeeded by	Jesse Norman
Comptroller of the Household
	In office; 17 July 2016 – 12 June 2017
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Gavin Barwell
Succeeded by	Christopher Pincher
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
	In office; 13 May 2015 – 17 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Harriett Baldwin
Succeeded by	Andrew Griffiths
Member of Parliament; for Central Devon
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Constituency created
Majority	17,721 (30.5%)
Personal details
Born	30 September 1961 (age 59); Ealing, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Michelle
Children	3
Alma mater	St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Website	Official website

Melvyn John Stride^[1] (born 30 September 1961)^[2] is a British politician who served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council from 23 May to 24 July 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Devon since 2010.

Stride served in the May Government as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General from 2017 to 2019.

Early life[]

Mel Stride was born in Ealing, London in 1961.^[3] He was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School, and then read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford,^[4] where he was elected President of the Oxford Union.

In 1987, Stride set up a business specializing in trade exhibitions, conferences and publishing (Venture Marketing Group) which he and his wife jointly controlled^[5] before selling it to a United States subsidiary.^[6]

Political career[]

Stride was selected as prospective Conservative candidate for Central Devon in June 2006 after his name was added to the Conservative A-List in 2006.^[7] He was the first A-Lister to be selected.^[8]

Stride was elected as the MP for Central Devon at the 2010 general election. On 28 October 2011, Stride was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, John Hayes.^[9]

Stride was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.^[10] In April 2019, while serving as Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Stride was accused of breaking the Ministerial Code over comments he had made in relation to the Loan Charge.^[11]^{[non-primary source needed]}

Leader of the House of Commons[]

Stride was appointed Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council on 23 May 2019, following the resignation of Andrea Leadsom.^[12] Stride endorsed Michael Gove to become Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 leadership election. Following Boris Johnson's election as party leader and appointment Prime Minister he was dismissed from his role as Leader of the House of Commons and replaced by Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Jeffrey Epstein emails to the Treasury Select Committee[]

On 26 October 2015, the Daily Mail published an article exposing that Jeffrey Epstein had threatened Parliament^{[clarification needed]} unless it accepted his pick of Jes Staley for the role of CEO of Barclays. The Times stated that Epstein sent emails to the Treasury Select Committee, which were then leaked to the Daily Mail.^[13] Freedom of Information requests were subsequently sent to Parliament.^[14]^{[better source needed]} The Treasury Select Committee, under Mel Stride, has declined to put the emails into the public domain.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[]

Stride is married to Michelle and has three daughters. He studies history as a hobby.

References[]

^ "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8740.
^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
^ "findmypast.co.uk". search.findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
^ "Teddy Hall MPs Re-Elected in 2019 General Election". St Edmund Hall. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^ "Persons with significant control".
^ "About Mel Stride MP".
^ Rosemary Bennett, The A-list in The Times dated 12 June 2006, at timesonline.co.uk
^ "ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog: Where are the original A-Listers now? The 18 who have been selected for Conservative seats". conservativehome.blogs.com. 21 April 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
^ "Mel Stride has become the first Central Devon MP". North Devon Journal. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
^ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
^ "Loan Charge All-Party Parliamentary Group Loan Charge Inquiry" (PDF). Retrieved 8 April 2019. The Loan Charge Inquiry has concluded that the way the Financial Secretary to the Treasury has handled the Loan Charge, including demonstrably seeking to mislead over convictions that he knew are not related to loan arrangements, constitutes a breach of the Ministerial Code.
^ Wills, Ella (23 May 2019). "Mel Stride appointed new Commons Leader after Andrea Leadsom quit". msn.com. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ Leroux, Marcus (2 November 2015). "MPs expected to quiz Barclays chief over links to billionaire sex offender". thetimes.co.uk.
^ "Emails leaked to the Daily Mail, relayed to Parliament, Alleging Blackmail by Jeffrey Epstein". 7 August 2019.

External links[]

Official site
Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
Voting record at Public Whip
Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
Mel Stride MP Conservative Party profile
Official channel at YouTube

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Central Devon 2010–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Gavin Barwell	Comptroller of the Household 2016–2017	Succeeded by Christopher Pincher
Preceded by Ben Gummer	Paymaster General 2017–2019	Succeeded by Jesse Norman
Preceded by Jane Ellison	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 2017–2019	Succeeded by Jesse Norman
Preceded by Andrea Leadsom	Leader of the House of Commons 2019	Succeeded by Jacob Rees-Mogg
Preceded by Andrea Leadsom	Lord President of the Council 2019	Succeeded by Jacob Rees-Mogg

[1] "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8740.

[2] Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.

[3] "findmypast.co.uk". search.findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2016.

[4] "Teddy Hall MPs Re-Elected in 2019 General Election". St Edmund Hall. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[5] "Persons with significant control".

[6] "About Mel Stride MP".

[7] Rosemary Bennett, The A-list in The Times dated 12 June 2006, at timesonline.co.uk

[8] "ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog: Where are the original A-Listers now? The 18 who have been selected for Conservative seats". conservativehome.blogs.com. 21 April 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2017.

[North_Devon-9] "Mel Stride has become the first Central Devon MP". North Devon Journal. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.

[thespectatorwhichtorympsbackbrexit-10] Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

[11] "Loan Charge All-Party Parliamentary Group Loan Charge Inquiry" (PDF). Retrieved 8 April 2019. The Loan Charge Inquiry has concluded that the way the Financial Secretary to the Treasury has handled the Loan Charge, including demonstrably seeking to mislead over convictions that he knew are not related to loan arrangements, constitutes a breach of the Ministerial Code.

[12] Wills, Ella (23 May 2019). "Mel Stride appointed new Commons Leader after Andrea Leadsom quit". msn.com. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

[13] Leroux, Marcus (2 November 2015). "MPs expected to quiz Barclays chief over links to billionaire sex offender". thetimes.co.uk.

[14] "Emails leaked to the Daily Mail, relayed to Parliament, Alleging Blackmail by Jeffrey Epstein". 7 August 2019.

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